Laboratory studies of physical properties of pre-composted organic waste

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The article presents the results of laboratory studies of soils obtained during composting of food and organic waste. The study considered two bulk soil samples collected in May 2024 at a municipal solid waste processing complex in the Moscow region. The main objective is to study the soil properties and the morphology of solid particles after soil composting. The natural soil moisture, solid particle density, and organic matter content were determined in laboratory, and soil particle morphology was studied with a binocular microscope.

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E. S. Solomatina

Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: baira-lala@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ulanskii per. 13, bld.2, Moscow, 101000

G. A. Zarnitsyn

Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: baira-lala@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ulanskii per. 13, bld.2, Moscow, 101000

T. V. Malikova

Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: baira-lala@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ulanskii per. 13, bld.2, Moscow, 101000

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2. Fig. 1. Photographs of the selected samples: a - sample 1, b - sample 2.

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3. Fig. 2. Determination: density of solid particles (a) and content of coarse-grained fraction by the sieve method (b).

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4. Fig. 3. Photographs of large fractions after granulometric analysis: a - sample 1, b - sample 2.

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5. Fig. 4. Sample 1 under a binocular microscope (division value - 0.05 cm).

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6. Fig. 5. Sample 2 under a binocular microscope (division value - 0.05 cm).

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