Caracterização do lixo de CEASAs como substrato para compostagem e como alimento para animais.

Abstract

This research was carried out in order to study organic wastes from food markets as a substrate for composting . It was also studied the caracteristcs of this waste as animal food. The experiment was conducted at the Department of Rural Engineering - Campus of Jaboticabal/UNESP. Data about chemical composition, the pile dimension and the volume of leachate were collected. The main result was a 89,34% reduction of the waste volume.