Recycled Organics – Expanding the Horizons Industry Reference Manual
Published Papers Contents FOREWORD Dr John Cole 5 Conference Program 7 Field Trips 8 Introducing our Speakers 10
Speakers’ papers Report on National Markets for Recycled Organics Mr David Atkinson 12 Carbon Trading Market Mr Stuart Beil 18 National Implications for Renewable Energy Mr Kuan Chia 21 Australia - You’re Standing In It! Dr Simon Lott 30 Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Health, and Soil Organic Matter Dr Phil Moody 38 Carbon sequestration and trading: opportunities for land management Dr Nigel D Turvey 43
Submitted papers Renewable Energy Or Soil Rehabilitation? Dr Tim Kempton 48 Heat Treatment and Thermal Hydrolysis Mr Keith Panter 50 Energy-Efficient Sludge Drying Mr Georg Krebs, Mr Peter Commerford and Mr Bandula Welungoda 59 Bedminster Co-Composting Facility At Port Stephens Mr Laurie Cooper 68 The Australian Biomass Taskforce Dr Stephen Schuck 71 Value-Adding to the Wastes of the Food and Fibre Industries. Mr Craig Davis and Mr Avis Houlihan 75 Cross-Regional Recycled Organics Program Mr Bruce Watters and Mr Darren Bragg ……………………………………………………………………77 Mixed Residual Waste, Pre-Treatment and Recycled Organics Mr Einion Thomas 81
Mr Rob Green 86 Outline Of Potential Applications For High Powered Ultrasound In Recycling Mr Darren Bates and Ms Joanne Bates 88 The Future For Organic Waste Management Is Vermiculture. Mr Max Tanzer 92 Recycling Organic Materials On Agricultural Lands Mr G.A. Barry, Mr E.A. Gardner, Mr G.E. Rayment and Mr P.M. Bloesch 93 Problematic Wood Waste In Recycled Organic Material Mr Matthew Warnken 98 Waste Is A Verb, Not A Noun Dr John R. Sabine 103 Selection of Biosolids Treatment Processes to meet Sustainable Market Requirements
Lime and Limestone in Agriculture Dr Chris White 109 Innovative Sediment and Stormwater Control Using Recycled Organics Mr Christopher Rochfort 111 Potential For Agri-Industry Wastes As Soil Ameliorants Mr Jay Maheswaran, Mr Barry Meehan, Mr Ken Peverill, and Ms Anne-Marie Dziedzic 112 Getting The Right Mix –Composting From The Microbiological Viewpoint Dr Pam Pittaway 119 Local Employment and Resource Networks (LEARN) Mr Rod Clare 123 The Latest Advance in Solids Dewatering - Deskins Quick Dry Filter Beds Mr Ross Fraser 126
Proceedings from Open Space Conference 23-25 Nov 1999 The Use of Recycled Organics in Tree Plantations, In Order to Maximise Carbon Sequestration 4 Legislation banning Organics to Landfill 5 How to measure organic fertiliser? 6 Auditing Current Carbon Stock And Processes Affecting The Stock 7 Beyond Soil and Energy – Alternative Markets For Recycled Organics 8 Raising Awareness of Recycled Organics in Agribusiness 9 QA/Food Safety With Respect To Use of Recycled Organic Materials ROM 10 Why Electricity Consumers Don’t Buy Green Power 12 + 2% Renewables Measure – Should Thais Be A Market Driven Measure or A Key Based Measure 13 MSW – Landfill Levies – Structure and Rate to Encourage Beneficial Use 14 Economics 15 Co-Generation and The Sugar Industry – The Benefits and The Implications 16 Transportation of Organics 18 Safe Land Application of Organics 19 Sustainable Markets For Organic Recycled Products 21 Lifecycle Analysis (LCIA) Of Greenwaste and MSW 22 Recycled Organics Market Acceleration 23 Odour Control and Odour Neutralising 24 Government and Private sector joint venture research and development R & D in Greenwaste ‘Value added’ products 25 Solid waste resource recovery as a primary industry 27 Accelerated Microbial Composting of Organic Waste; Soil Enrichment; Nutrition; Human Health and Longevity and their Inevitable Interaction 28 Are There Advantages in Developing A Biomass Strategy? 30 Demonstration Sites For Sustainable Technology 31 Why Should Farmers Use Composts? 32 Quality Composts and Standards 34 Gardens, Composts, Mulches and Market - City Green Waste And City Markets 35 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 36 Need For National Guidelines 38 Markets For Lime Stabilised Biosolids 39 Links Between Large Industry/Investors/Government 40 Why Is Paper Fibre Not Included In The Expanding Horizons For Recycled Organics 42 MSW – Reuse of the Organic Fraction 43 Municipal Solid Waste – Creating a Strategic Framework for Highest Resource Value Use of Materials 44 Piggery Effluent - Converting A Problem into A Value Added Asset 46 Energy Efficient Sludge Drying 48 Education for Recycled Organics 49 Energy Recovery and Value Adding From Thermal Processes 50 The Role of Vermiculture in Recycled Organics 51 Cane Trash/Tops/Bagasse – What Can Be Done With It? 53 Terminology as A Contribution to Industry Development 54 Guidelines For Reuse Of Biosolids In Qld – What Do We Want? 63 Development of a framework for Environmental Management Practice for the Recycled Organics Industry (ROI) 65 Opportunities for micro or small scale technologies and projects (5000-15000 tonnes) which remove the transport barrier to recycling viability in rural and regional Australia 67 Building outcomes from the conference for industry progress 68 Quality Composting – Setting and Promoting Standards 69 Carbon Credits – questions/answers issues and discussions. 71 Success of Recycled Organics Industry – Depends On Community /Stakeholder Acceptance – How Do We Ensure/Do This? 73 Standardisation across Australia 75 Harvesting the Urban Wood-Waste "Forest" 76 Market Systems – That Recognise Inherent Value of Organics in Their Resultant Products 78 Sustainability in the Recycled Organics Arena – Who should pay? 80 Waste To Energy versus Carbon to Soil – How Do We Choose As Government Facilitators and Regulators 81 Conference Recommendations To Develop a National Organisation for the ROI 83 Need for a National Approach 85 Research and Development Actions 87 Extended Producer Responsibility and Recycled Organics 89 Success of the Recycled Organics Industry (ROI) Depends On Community/Stakeholder Acceptance 91 Sustainable Markets for Products Containing Recycled Organics 94 |
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