Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits.
As waste management is becoming all the more crucial, this study investigates the way in which house left-over organic waste can be better managed on site, in order to minimize the off-site treatment cost and maximize environmental performance. For the implementation of this research, a full year me...
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| description | As waste management is becoming all the more crucial, this study investigates the way in which house left-over organic waste can be better managed on site, in order to minimize the off-site treatment cost and maximize environmental performance. For the implementation of this research, a full year measurement was recorded, showing the organic leftover waste food intake of two rabbits in a household of four. The organic food, collected in two separate baskets suitable for composting—though one for rabbit intake—was 168.5 kg in total, plus 68.8 kg, which was delivered directly to the composting bin, along with food remains and rabbit feces. The results show that, over the examined year, a total of up to 0.417 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year emissions was avoided, suggesting that if 30 houses were to apply this methodology, one garbage truck journey per year would be saved. Overall, this study suggests that better information and environmental awareness can result in on-site, low cost, individual management of recyclable organic material, which would assist with the decrease in the cost of management, along with increased environmental performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-017071658d7e40a9a9532836447aeed42022-12-22T03:10:06ZengMDPI AGRecycling2313-43212017-09-01231510.3390/recycling2030015recycling2030015Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits.Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis0Business and Environmental Technology Economics Lab, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi 67100, GreeceAs waste management is becoming all the more crucial, this study investigates the way in which house left-over organic waste can be better managed on site, in order to minimize the off-site treatment cost and maximize environmental performance. For the implementation of this research, a full year measurement was recorded, showing the organic leftover waste food intake of two rabbits in a household of four. The organic food, collected in two separate baskets suitable for composting—though one for rabbit intake—was 168.5 kg in total, plus 68.8 kg, which was delivered directly to the composting bin, along with food remains and rabbit feces. The results show that, over the examined year, a total of up to 0.417 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year emissions was avoided, suggesting that if 30 houses were to apply this methodology, one garbage truck journey per year would be saved. Overall, this study suggests that better information and environmental awareness can result in on-site, low cost, individual management of recyclable organic material, which would assist with the decrease in the cost of management, along with increased environmental performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/2/3/15organic household wasteon-site managementorganic waste managementrabbits |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. Recycling organic household waste on-site management organic waste management rabbits |
| title | Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. |
| title_full | Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. |
| title_fullStr | Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. |
| title_short | Minimizing Onsite Organic Household Left-Over Waste: The Emission Benefits of Keeping Pet Rabbits. |
| title_sort | minimizing onsite organic household left over waste the emission benefits of keeping pet rabbits |
| topic | organic household waste on-site management organic waste management rabbits |
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