SBIR/STTR Research Award
COMPOSTING AS A WASTE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE FOR ORGANIC CHEMICAL WASTE
Award amount
$149,969Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Cal Recovery Systems Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING COMPOSTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR TREATING, DETOXIFYING, AND BIOSTABILIZING ORGANIC CHEMICAL WASTES. SELECTED BIODEGRADABLE HAZARDOUS WASTES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE COMPOST PROCESS TO ASCERTAIN THE DEGREE OF DETOXIFICATION AND THE RESPONSIBLE MICROORGANISM. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF REPRESENTATIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPOSTING OPERATIONS WILL BE PREPARED BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH. LIFECYCLE ECONOMICS WILL BE PREPARED IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF COMPOSTING WITH CONTEMPORARY TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL METHODS, I.E. LANDFILL, INCINERATION, AND ON-SITE DEDICATED CONTAINMENT.
Technology keywords
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