Effects of municipal solid waste compost and mineral fertilizer amendments on soil properties and heavy metals distribution in maize plants (Zea mays L.)

Carbonell, Gregoria; Imperial, R. Miralles de; Torrijos, Manuel; Arroyo, María del Mar Delgado; Rodríguez, J. Antonio Cortiñas

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.025

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“…Improvement in biomass and yield of carrot and spinach in MSW compost amended soil in comparison to control soil was observed. Similar trend in these parameters have already been observed in rice (Bhattacharyya et al, 2003), spinach (Maftoun et al, 2005), strawberries (Hargreaves et al, 2008a), timothy and red clover, (Zheljazkov et al, 2006), wheat (Bar-Tal et al, 2004), and maize (Carbonell et al, 2011). Among the compost materials, yield and N uptake was the highest from ANC material (Table 3).…”

Section: Nitrogen Fertilizer Valuesupporting

confidence: 65%

Anaerobic degradation of municipal organic waste among others composting techniques improves N cycling through waste-soil-plant continuum

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Tufail

Bakhat

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J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr.

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This study aimed to examine the effect of composting techniques of municipal organic solid waste (MSW) for (i) total carbon (C), nitrogen (N) losses, and changes in its chemical characteristics during composting phase and (ii) value of the composted materials as fertilizer when applied to vegetables. Treatments included: aerobic composting (AC), anaerobic composting (ANC), co-composting (CC) and open dumping (OD) for 4 months.During the composting phase, about 61, 50, 35, and 13% of the initial N was lost from CC, AC, OD, and ANC, respectively. The respective values in case of total C loss were 17, 13, 14 and 11%. After field application, about 41% of the applied organic N was mineralized from ANC material, whereas the respective values for OD, CC and AC were 25-26, 15-16, and 12-19%. Consequently, dry matter (DM) yield and vegetable N uptake from the resultant compost were in the order ANC>OD>CC>AC. Moreover, vegetable apparent N recovery (ANRf) was the highest from ANC (spinach: 36 and carrot: 45%) followed by OD (26 and 34%), CC (18 and 26%) and AC (18 and 24%) material. When composting N losses were taken into account during calculations, about 31-39, 17-22, 9-10, and 7-12% of the N collected from filth depots ended up in plants from ANC, OD, CC and AC, respectively. We concluded that ANC results in least C and N losses during the composting phase and greatest N mineralization in the soil, which enhances vegetable yield, N recovery and thereby the N cycling through waste-soil-plant continuum.

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Section: Nitrogen Fertilizer Valuesupporting

confidence: 65%

Anaerobic degradation of municipal organic waste among others composting techniques improves N cycling through waste-soil-plant continuum

Shah

Tufail

Bakhat

et al. 2017

J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr.

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“…For instance, Carbonell et al (2011) monitored that the Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations in soil gradually rose along with the increase in amended sludge rate for five months. Results obtained by Yeganeh et al (2010) showed that the Zn, Cu and Pb concentrations in soil run up to 1600, 7 and 4.5 times respectively relative to controls after being undergone four years amendment.…”

Section: Effects Of Sludge Amendment On Heavy Metal Concentrations Inmentioning

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Achilles heel of environmental risk from recycling of sludge to soil as amendment: A summary in recent ten years (2007–2016)

Liu

2016

Waste Management

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a b s t r a c tRecycling sludge as a soil amendment has both positive and negative effects because of its enrichment in both nutrients and contaminants. So far, the negative effect has to be extensively investigated that the severities of different types of contaminants also remain unclear. The environmental behavior and risk of organic contaminant and pharmaceuticals, heavy metal and salt as well as pathogenic microorganisms brought by sludge amendment are summarized and discussed here. Organic contaminants and pharmaceuticals are typically found at low concentrations in sludge, the risks from sludge-amended soil decrease over time owing to its biodegradability. On the other hand, application of sludge generally increases soil salinity, which may cause physiological damage to plants grown in sludge-amended soil. In some extent, this negative effect can be alleviated by means of dilution; however, greater attention should be paid to long term increasing possible risk of eutrophication. Heavy metal (particularly of mobile heavy metals, such as Cd) with high concentrations in sludge and soil receiving considerable sludge can cause its incremental abundance in soil and crop contamination, further posing risks to humans, but most cases showed that there remained not excessive in heavy metal caused by sludge amendment. It is worth noting that increasing soil organic matter content may reduce transfer of heavy metal from soil to crops, but not restrict its uptake by crops at all. Combined literature together, it is summarized that heavy metal becomes a relatively severe bottleneck in recycling of sludge as soil amendment due to its nonbiodegradability and potential damage to health by adventuring contamination from agricultural products. Particular attention should therefore be paid to long term monitoring the change of heavy metals concentration in sludge amended soil.

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“…Certain outputs from waste combustion processes (e.g., meat and bonemeal ash (MBMA), poultry litter ash (PLA) and paper sludge ash (PSA)) also demonstrate agronomic benefit as soil amendments and other materials provide alternative types of animal bedding (e.g., untreated recycled waste wood (RWW), dried paper sludge (DPS), PSA), and are beneficially used in agriculture as alternatives to landfill disposal. The management of municipal, and commercial and industrial solid wastes by mechanical biological treatment (MBT) is also expanding as a means of waste valorisation and landfill diversion and the stabilised biodegradable output from such processes, described as compost-like-output (CLO), has value as a soil conditioning agent [3]. Whilst land application of CLO is currently not permitted in the UK, it is widely practiced in other countries in Europe and in Australia, and pressure could increase to permit application of high quality biocompost to land in the UK.…”

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Organic Contaminant Content and Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Waste Materials Recycled in Agriculture

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A range of wastes representative of materials currently applied, or with future potential to be applied, to agricultural land in the UK as fertilisers and soil improvers or used as animal bedding in livestock production, were investigated. In addition to full physico-chemical characterization, the materials were analysed for a suite of priority organic contaminants. In general, contaminants were present at relatively low concentrations. For example, for biosolids and compost-like-output (CLO), concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were approximately 1−10 and 5-50 times lower, respectively, than various proposed or implemented European limit values for these contaminants in biosolids or composts applied to agricultural land. However, the technical basis for these limits may require re-evaluation in some cases. Polybrominated, and mixed halogenated, dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans OPEN ACCESSAgriculture 2015, 5 1290 are not currently considered in risk assessments of dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals, but were detected at relatively high concentrations compared with PCDD/Fs in the biosolids and CLOs and their potential contribution to the overall toxic equivalency is assessed. Other 'emerging' contaminants, such as organophosphate flame retardants, were detected in several of the waste materials, and their potential significance is discussed. The study is part of a wider research programme that will provide evidence that is expected to improve confidence in the use of waste-derived materials in agriculture and to establish guidelines to protect the food chain where necessary.

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Effects of municipal solid waste compost and mineral fertilizer amendments on soil properties and heavy metals distribution in maize plants (Zea mays L.)

Cited by 150 publications

References 44 publications

Anaerobic degradation of municipal organic waste among others composting techniques improves N cycling through waste-soil-plant continuum

Anaerobic degradation of municipal organic waste among others composting techniques improves N cycling through waste-soil-plant continuum

Achilles heel of environmental risk from recycling of sludge to soil as amendment: A summary in recent ten years (2007–2016)

Organic Contaminant Content and Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Waste Materials Recycled in Agriculture

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