title: Pilot scale field test for compostable packaging materials in the City of Kassel, Germany.
abstract: Biodegradable (compostable) packaging materials made from biopolymers (BP) are introduced into the market to reduce the amounts of conventional packaging materials and at the same time be recovered by the municipal organic waste collection system. The processing of this organic waste mixed with biopolymers has been tested in a commercial treatment facility. The safe use of the compost produced from these materials was demonstrated in a full-scale agricultural application test.
authors.affiliation: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Waste Management, Coudraystrasse 7, 99423 Weimar, Germany. matthias.klausz@bauing.uni-weimar.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klauss
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bidlingmaier
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000378:metabolism*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005308:Fertilizers; D005858:Germany; D019064:Product Packaging; D012037:Refuse Disposal
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D005308:Fertilizers