Improving the humification by additives during composting: A review.

Waste Manag

College of Municipal and Mapping Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang, Hunan 413000, China.

Published: March 2023

Humic substances (HSs) are key indicators of compost maturity and are important for the composting process. The application of additives is generally considered to be an efficient and easy-to-master strategy to promote the humification of composting and quickly caught the interest of researchers. This review summarizes the recent literature on humification promotion by additives in the composting process. Firstly, the organic, inorganic, biological, and compound additives are introduced emphatically, and the effects and mechanisms of various additives on composting humification are systematically discussed. Inorganic, organic, biological, and compound additives can promote 5.58-82.19%, 30.61-50.92%, 2.3-40%, and 28.09-104.51% of humification during composting, respectively. Subsequently, the advantages and disadvantages of various additives in promoting composting humification are discussed and indicated that compound additives are the most promising method in promoting composting humification. Finally, future research on humification promotion is also proposed such as long-term stability, environmental impact, and economic feasibility of additive in the large-scale application of composting. It is aiming to provide a reference for future research and the application of additives in composting.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.12.040DOI Listing

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