In the words of my mentor, "You cannot make compost until you can bake bread". The complexity of a composting process, the value of a balanced recipe and the importance of proper homogenization of raw materials can best be understood when compared to baking a loaf of sourdough bread. ...
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An increasing number of business owners are becoming aware of the potential applications of tissue digestor systems. Unfortunately most of the information available on tissue digestors is so scientifically orientated that it only serves to alienate the very people that it aims to educate....
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Denaturing Abattoir Waste Tissue The South African Meat Safety Act of 2000 outlines very specific methods that are to be used when disposing of condemned abattoir waste. The four methods are: Denaturing prior to burial deeper than 600mm below ground...
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Good old Nitric acid (HNO3) also known as Aqua Fortis or Spirit of Nitre. Nitric acid is one of the acids that are used most often when the fertilizer value is of importance in an end product. Nitric acid is categorized as a strong oxidizing agent, meaning that it does not typically donate its proton....
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Clostridium perfringens is a gram positive, rod shaped bacteria that is often associated with food poisoning and gas gangrene. C. perfringens is most frequently responsible for released toxins and enzymes that cause tissue damage. These conditions are known as anaerobic cellulitis, myonecrosis, or gas gangrene. Other clostridia that are occasionally responsible include C. novyi and C. septicum, and others on very rare occasions....
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Introduction There has been a lot of talk lately about the effectiveness of anaerobic digestion as a disposal method for abattoir waste streams. The principle of turning abattoir waste streams into electricity, fertilizer and hot water is certainly attractive and provided that disease control can be effectively incorporated into this process, it is difficult to find a more suitable and comprehensive way to dispose of the total waste stream generated by abattoirs on a daily basis....
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