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Groundswell - Compost Regulations
Groundswell - Compost Regulations
Groundswell - Compost Regulations
compost regulations
Key documents:
Important:
} SW Food Waste Compost Exemption available at:
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www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/waste/ex08foodcompost.pdf
} E nvironmental Guidelines – Use and Disposal of Biosolids Products, NSW EPA, 2000 (referred to as ‘the Biosolids
Guidelines’) available through publications at www.environment.nsw.gov.au
} AS4454 Australian Compost Standard.
www.swep.com.au
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Pasteurisation/Pathogen Reduction/Microbial Stabilisation
Pasteurisation ensures weeds, seeds, spores, pathogens and diseases are no longer present in the
compost. Pasteurisation occurs at 55–70 degrees c2.
Depending on your situation, you may decide it is easier or preferable to demonstrate pasteurisation by process
(option A). In this case, you can successfully add a third turn and inoculation phase to the Groundswell Composting
Process prior to the maturation phase, or after screening. Follow the same process for Groundswell Information
Sheet – Reprocessing to address a High E-Coli Result. Accurate temperature records would need to be kept as proof
of pasteurisation.
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www.recycledorganics.com/infosheets/3pqc/IS3-06.pdf
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Now known as: National Resource Management Ministerial Council Australian Guidelines for Sewerage Treatment Systems – Biosolids Management, Nov. 2004
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Written by Simone Dilkara, 2010. Graphic design/illustration by Carolyn Brooks The Groundswell Project
was assisted by the NSW
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Government through its
Attribution 3.0 Unported License and can be reproduced Environmental Trust
providing the Groundswell project is acknowledged as
the original source.