Is hotter better? Optimal parameters for composting
This webinar will discuss how to keep your composting microbes happy. The webinar will discuss the optimal composting parameters for decomposition and to produce high quality finished compost with minimal odors. Tim O'Neill will cover the different microbial interactions and impacts at different temperatures throughout the composting process, including at what temperature pathogen reduction occurs, and at what temperature weed seeds are eliminated, and how to balance different needs in the composting process.
SPEAKER BIO:
Tim O'Neill
President, Engineered Compost Systems
Tim is president and founder of Engineered Compost Systems (ECS). He has worked as an entrepreneur providing technology and consulting to the compost industry since 1993. He enjoys the broad range of challenges and never-ending opportunities to learn that this industry provides. He is a recognized expert in compost aeration and control, regulatory compliance, process control and monitoring technology, odor control, feedstock preparation, and material handling.