2. Biodegradable waste is a type of waste,
typically originating
from plant or animal sources, which may
also be degraded by other living organisms.
3. Biodegradable waste can be commonly found in municipal
solid waste (sometimes called biodegradable municipal
waste, or BMW) as green waste, food waste, paper waste,
and biodegradable plastics. Other biodegradable wastes
include human waste, manure, sewage, slaughterhouse
waste. In the absence of oxygen much of this waste will decay
to methane by anaerobic digestion.
4. Uses of biodegradable waste:
Biodegradable waste can often be used for composting or
must doubtless be a resource for heat, electricity and fuel in
future as it is being achieved by the swiss Kompogas
treatment for 20 years now. This produces
additional Biogas and still delivers the compost for the soil.[ It
is a fully developed system and produced 27 million Kwh of
electricity and Biogas in 2009. The oldest of the companies
own lorries has achieved 1.000.000 kilometes driven with
biogas from household waste in the last 15 years.
