Lactic acid can be produced by fermentation of organic matters present in various wastes with the addition of various carbon and nitrogen sources using Lactobacillus species. Organic wastes form kitchen garbage and foodprocessing industries are especially rich in carbon and moisture content. The present study investigates the treatment of the organic wastes using microbiological process for eff...

I n common with most industrial processing industries, the fermentation industries are concerned with waste disposal situations that often become critical. Fermentation wastes usually occur in liquid or solid forms, although some gaseous wastes are also produced. It is worthy of note that, in addition to the problems involved, the disposal of these wastes is particularly interesting to fermenta...

Food wastes are produced by a variety of sources, ranging from agricultural operations to household consumption. About 38% occurs during food processing. At present, the European Union legislation encourages the exploitation of co-products. This valorisation can be achieved through the extraction of high-value components such as proteins, polysaccharides, fibres, flavour compounds, and phytoche...

Inconsistencies are present in the management options for healthcare wastes in Mongolia. One of the first critical steps in the process of developing a reliable waste management plan requires the performance of a waste characterization analysis. The objectives of this study were an assessment of the current situation of healthcare waste management (HCWM) and characterization of healthcare waste...

The production of waste has increased over the years and, lacking a recycle or recovery solution, it is forwarded to landfill. The incorporation of wastes in cement-based materials is a solution to reduce waste deposition. In this regard, some researchers have been studying the incorporation of wastes with different functions: aggregate, binder and addition. The incorporation of wastes should t...

Large quantities of food processing, crop, forestry, and animal solid wastes are generated in the United States each year. The major components of these wastes are biodegradable. However, they also contain components such as nitrogen, human and animal pathogens, medicinals, feed additives, salts, and certain metals, that under uncontrolled conditions can be detrimental to aquatic, plant, animal...

The Toxicity Leaching Characteristic Procedure (TCLP) is used by some to estimate the potential hazard that chemicals in solid wastes represent to public health and the environment. This use is done mechanically without understanding the origin of this procedure and the severe limitations and unreliability of this procedure in estimating public health and environmental hazards of the potentiall...

Oil drill cuttings are challenging wastes in oil sites especially in Khuzestan province, a major oil producing region in Iran. As co- composting is a simple and eco- friendly technique for bioremediation of oil base drill cutting, this data article designed to describe co- composting of oil base drill cutting with cow manure. The data suggest that with optimized mixture of cow manure/oily drill...

Contamination types, levels and their behavior within drilling wastes is determined by the local geological conditions and drilling mud design; notably lubrication fluids, weighting agents and anti-foaming agents. Such additives can contain potentially toxic elements such as aluminum and barium. Besides being contaminated, drilling wastes often have a high pH due to the addition of lime, causti...