APROVEITAMENTO DO LIXO URBANO PELO PROCESSO DE COMPOSTAGEM

Abstract

For centuries, the societies have produced goods easy and lasting assimilation and decomposition based on natural raw materials or slightly processed goods. The waste generated were inert or readily degradable and not such a problem. After Second World War there was a period of exceptional development that brought with it a radical change in patterns of production and consumption, and over the years, many cities have suffered from the disordered growth, bringing increased as a direct consequence of urban waste and all the problems related to it. From a socio-economic and environmental term, among the solutions studied, is that composting is the recycling of household waste, and compost produced is used in agriculture as organic fertilizer or even to avoid erosion. This paper analyzed the efficiency of the composting process, the compost quality, changes over time (natural aspects, changes in consumer habits), and their use by farmers.

Keywords - Composting, Environmental Education, Recycling.