Microbial reactivation of dehydrated food waste

圣劳伦斯学院，食品循环科学和圣劳伦斯河环境科学研究所 建立了一个伙伴关系，将家庭食物垃圾转化为家庭花坛的土壤产品， 蔬菜园 由Food Cycle Science生产的Food Cycle CS-10装置是一种食品和有机废物回收装置， 将食物垃圾转化为富含营养的物质。通过一个多步骤的过程，该装置可以 减少食物和有机废物的体积/重量高达85- 93%。CS-10装置是一种替代方法 传统的堆肥，将家庭食物和有机废物从垃圾填埋场转移。所得 副产物是细至中等质地的材料，其特征在于高量的可用钾， 钙和锌，并已被推荐为土壤改良剂。由于食物的性质 循环器的过程中，最小的分解产生的材料发生。因此，有益的微生物 传统堆肥缺乏活性，需要额外分解食物垃圾才能充分利用 将食物垃圾中的营养物质再循环到土壤中。了解当前使用 产品，本项目将检查是否添加有益微生物的脱水食品 食品循环机CS-10装置产生的废弃副产品将改善作为土壤的副产品质量 改良和增加养分的有效性，以促进植物生长，供家庭使用。 关于圣劳伦斯学院 在布罗克维尔，康沃尔和金斯顿三个友好的校园，圣劳伦斯学院是一个不可分割的组成部分 东安大略的经济生活和社会结构，拥有7，000名全职 学生和超过70，000名自豪的校友。

St. Lawrence College , Food Cycle Science and the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Science have created a partnership to turn household food waste into a soil product for household flower beds and vegetable gardens. The Food Cycle CS-10 unit, produced by Food Cycle Science, is a food and organic waste recycling unit able to dehydrate and convert food waste into a nutrient rich material. Through a multi-step process, the unit can reduce the volume/weight of food and organic waste by up to 85-93%. The CS-10 unit is an alternative method to traditional composting, diverting household food and organic waste from the landfill. The resulting by-product is a fine to medium textured material, characterized by high amounts of available potassium, calcium, and zinc, and has been recommended as a soil amendment. However due to the nature of the Food Cycler's process, minimal decomposition of resulting material takes place. As a result, the beneficial microbial activity of traditional compost is absent and additional decomposition of the food waste is required to fully recycle the nutrients from the food waste back into the soil. Understanding the current limitations with the product, this project will examine whether the addition of beneficial microorganisms to the dehydrated food waste by-product generated by the Food Cycler CS-10 units will improve the by-product quality as a soil amendment and increase the nutrient availability to promote plant growth for home use. About St. Lawrence College With three friendly campuses in Brockville, Cornwall, and Kingston, St. Lawrence College is an integral part of the economic life and social fabric of Eastern Ontario with a close-knit community of 7,000 full-time students, and more than 70,000 proud alumni.