From waste to wealth: Transforming Bahrain's households' leftovers into high-quality compost compared to animal-based compost

IF 2.3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI:10.1002/ep.14646

Shaikha Adel, Iftikhar Ahmad, Adel Aawan, Ahmed M. Abdelrhman, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Asad Imam, Subramanian Chithambaram

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Abstract

Composting is a sustainable method for treating food waste (FW) in Bahrain, where FW management typically involves incineration or landfilling. This study explores converting FW into organic compost for national afforestation, offering an alternative to animal-based compost. A 20 kg FW sample was composted over six weeks, producing 12 kg of compost that met all nine local organic compost standards. Adopting FW compost could save 21,024 Bahraini Dinars annually, reduce landfill volume by 60%, and cut costs by 31%. This approach could significantly mitigate the environmental impact of FW, promoting a more sustainable future.

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从废物到财富：与动物堆肥相比，将巴林家庭的剩菜转化为高质量的堆肥

在巴林，堆肥是一种可持续的处理食物垃圾的方法，在那里，食物垃圾的管理通常涉及焚烧或填埋。本研究探索将FW转化为有机堆肥用于国家造林，为动物堆肥提供了一种替代方案。一个20公斤的FW样品在6周内堆肥，产生了12公斤的堆肥，符合所有9个当地有机堆肥标准。采用FW堆肥每年可节省21,024巴林第纳尔，减少垃圾填埋量60%，降低成本31%。这种方法可以显著减轻FW对环境的影响，促进更可持续的未来。

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Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 环境科学-工程：化工

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

3.60%

发文量

231

审稿时长

4.3 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Progress , a quarterly publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, reports on critical issues like remediation and treatment of solid or aqueous wastes, air pollution, sustainability, and sustainable energy. Each issue helps chemical engineers (and those in related fields) stay on top of technological advances in all areas associated with the environment through feature articles, updates, book and software reviews, and editorials.