Sustainable Recycling of Livestock Wastes by Composting and Environmentally Friendly Control of Wastewater and Odors

Excess amounts of livestock wastes are excreted in limited area and cause pollution problems in Japan.Comparative studies on livestock waste management among EU(European Union),US(the United States of America)and Asia including Japan are surveyed.In Japan,livestock wastes are mostly separated into solid and liquid matter.Solid matter is converted into organic fertilizer by means of composting.Composting should be developed into the technology that has low emission,high-quality and low cost.Various odorous compounds are emitted from the process of livestock waste management.Odor emission from livestock farms should be mitigated to protect the local community.High-quality compost can be widely distributed to cropland to decrease expenditure of chemical fertilizer.Although liquid matter,namely wastewater or slurry,could be applied to cropland of livestock farms such as EU countries,most of Japanese farms do not have enough cropland to use liquid matter.Particularly pig farms have no area to spread wastewater,which should be purified to clean water in accordance with the criteria of water quality and could be discharged into public water area.The most desirable management of livestock wastes should involve sustainable recycling as compost and environmentally friendly control of odors and wastewater.

WebGIS-based Early Warning System of Farmland Environmental Pollution Caused by Livestock Waste

[Objective]The paper was to quickly get the real-time dynamic status of regional farmland environmental pollution caused by livestock wastes.[Method] With WebGIS as spatial information platform,the network and digital early warning system of farmland environmental pollution caused by livestock wastes was established.[Result] The system realized the functions such as livestock wastes calculation,livestock information query and analysis,nitrogen load quantity estimation of livestock waste,early warning of farmland environmental pollution caused by livestock wastes and visual display of result.[Conclusion] The paper provided scientific basis for the relevant research on farmland environmental pollution caused by livestock wastes.

Preliminary study on treatment of waste organic matter from livestock by bacteria-mineral technology

The present study dealt with relationships between the degradation and humification process that the organic matter underwent during bacteria-mineral technology. An inverse correlation was found between the protein, lipid, and some of the humification indices considered, suggesting that the humification theory is actually humic substances produced from simple-structured natural organic substrates. Weight-average molecular weight （Mw）, number-average molecular weight （Mn）, and the ratio Mw/Mn of dissolved organic matters at different stages of the process were measured by gel permeation chromatography. The results showed that Mn and Mw increased with reaction time from 352 to 17,191, and from 78,707 to 104,564, respectively. The ratio of Mn/Mw decreased from 223.3 to 6.1. This reflected the growth of the polymerization degree of dissolvable organic matters in the process; furthermore, it indicated the formation of complex molecules （humic substances） from more simple molecules. Bacteria-mineral water （BMW） （the effluent of the process） treatments can exert hormone-like activity for enhanced seed germination of wheat and rice and greatly improved chlorophyll synthesis in wheat and rice leaves, Major polyamines （plant regulators） putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, were found in BMW by a high performance liquid chromatography （HPLC） method, which may explain the hormone-like activity of BMW.

An analysis of farmers'resource disposal methods for livestock and poultry waste and their determinants

Based on field research data on farmers in 30 counties(districts)of six cities in Shandong Province,this study systematically examines the methods of disposal of livestock and poultry waste and the factors that influence them,that is,the determinants of farmers’waste disposal behaviors,using the UTAUT theoretical framework and a disordered multi-class logit model.The results show that,first,economic performance expectancy,subjective norms,farming population,and poultry and livestock breeding numbers have significant effects on the four waste recycling methods considered:direct return,compost fermentation,biogas fermentation,and fresh-packed sale.Second,annual family income has a positive effect on the direct return method.Third,compost fermentation is positively affected by farmers'knowledge,distance from sources of water,and farming scale,and negatively affected by gender and marital status.Fourth,biogas fermentation is negatively affected by the age of farmers and positively affected by the farming income ratio and environmental convenience.Finally,the most important factors affecting the four methods are subjective norms,farming scale,economic performance expectancy,and farming population.Therefore,this study proposes that policies to promote resource utilization of livestock and poultry waste must prioritize raising awareness among the farmers of the advantages of resource disposal of waste;provide reasonable subsidies for waste recycling and enhance policy applicability,pertinence,and motivation;strengthen the promotion of waste recycling technology and improve the practicality of lectures or training content;and improve relevant laws and regulations and enhance authority and usability.

Farmers’willingness to accept compensation for livestock and poultry waste resource utilization and its determinants

Ecological compensation is widely considered a policy that encourages farmers to recycle livestock and poultry waste for economic and ecological benefits.Therefore,based on field data from 30 counties(districts)in six cities of Shandong Province,China,this study systematically analyzes farmers'willingness to accept compensation for livestock and poultry waste resource utilization as well as its determinants.It does so using the UTAUT theoretical analysis framework,as well as the contingent valuation method and Heckman two-stage selection model.The results show that,first,72.4%of the farmers in the sample are willing to accept a certain amount of compensation—the expected value of which is RMB 98.02 per month per household—as an incentive to utilize livestock waste.Second,the key determinants of farmers'willingness to accept compensation are marital status,family annual income,concurrent business,farming scale,economic performance expectation,social performance expectation,knowledge reserve,public relations,and technical convenience.Finally,the factors that affect farmers’willingness in terms of the compensation amount are gender,age,family annual income,social performance expectation,subjective norms,and public relations.Therefore,to promote the recycling of livestock and poultry waste,this study proposes policies that promote education and technology popularization in relation to livestock and poultry waste resource utilization,provide subsidies for waste recycling,and strengthen government control and social supervision over the non-standard disposal of such waste.

In Situ Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium in a Paddy Soil Fertilized with Liquid Cattle Waste

Most studies on dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium （DNRA） in paddy soils were conducted in the laboratory and in situ studies are in need for better understanding of the DNRA process. In this study, in situ incubations of soil DNRA using ^15N tracer were carried out in paddy fields under conventional water （CW） and low water （LW） managements to explore the potential of soil DNRA after liquid cattle waste （LCW） application and to investigate the impacts of soil redox potential （Eh） and labile carbon on DNRA. DNRA rates ranged from 3.06 to 10.40 mg N kg 1 dry soil d-1, which accounted for 8.55%-12.36% and 3.88% 25.44% of consumption of added NO3-^15N when Eh at 5 cm soil depth ranged from 230 to 414 mV and -225 to -65 mV, respectively. DNRA rates showed no significant difference in paddy soils under two water managements although soil Eh and/or dissolved organic carbon （DOC） were more favorable for DNRA in the paddy soil under CW management 1 d before, or 5 and 7 d after LCW application. Soil DNRA rates were negatively correlated with soil Eh （P 〈 0.05, n = 5） but positively correlated with soil DOC （P 〈 0.05, n - 5） in the paddy soil under LW management, while no significant correlations were shown in the paddy soil under CW management. The potential of DNRA measured in situ was consistent with previous laboratory studies; and the controlling factors of DNRA in paddy soils might be different under different water managements, probably due to the presence of different microfioras of DNRA.

Field assessment of bacteria and nutrient removal by vegetative filter strips

Strategies are sought to reduce the impact of nonpoint sources of pollution,including fecal bacteria,and meet TMDL criteria.Vegetative filter strips(VFSs)are one such strategy,though the data of VFS function under field conditions,particularly for fecal bacteria,are limited.The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiencies in removing fecal bacteria,N,and P from VFSs installed to treat contaminated runoff from a working feedlot.VFSs were found to be effective in removing a broad range of constituents from beef feedlot runoff pretreated by a settling basin.The first 30 m provided most or all of the reductions found within the 150 m VFSs studied:reductions average 85%of inflow water,85%of sediment,77%of N,and 84%of P.Fecal bacteria removal by the VFSs was about one order of magnitude:reductions at 30 m ranged from 83.5%for FC and FS to 91%for E.coli.On the site being studied,this provided an important level of protection and reduced surface-flow concentrations of fecal coliforms to below the 200 CFU/100 mL(coliform-forming units,CFU)water-quality standard for Kansas.