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Risk management tools for the recycled organics industry [online]

Call no.:

Internet only - free access

Author:

University of New South Wales. Recycled Organics Unit

Length:

57 p.

Publisher:

Sydney, N.S.W.: Dept. of Environment and Conservation

Year:

2006

ISBN-ISSN:

1741379814

Type:

Electronic resource

Subject:

Recycling ; Pesticides ; Waste management industry

Abstract:

Aimed at the recycled organics industry to ensure raw materials and finished products for identified sensitive applications do not contain specific herbicides known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process.

The objectives of this report are:

To identify and document raw materials (compostable organic materials) that are commonly processed into composts in New South Wales that could potentially contain specific herbicides known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process;
To document the tolerance levels at which different crops/applications are known to be susceptible to these specific herbicides that are known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process;
To ensure cost effective and appropriate commercial analytical testing services are available to the organics recycling and processing industry to enable the testing of both raw materials and composted products for presence of these specific herbicides known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process;
To clearly document a bioassay method for the testing of composted products for the presence of these specific herbicides known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process. This bioassay shall be suitable for use by organics recycling and processing enterprises and/or commercial laboratories; and
To define and document a sampling method for the representative sampling of composts from windrows for the purpose of testing composted products for the presence of herbicides known to be persistent beyond the commercial composting process.

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