Spinosa, L.; Molinari, L. Standardization: A Necessary Support for the Utilization of Sludge/Biosolids in Agriculture. Standards2023, 3, 385-399.
Spinosa, L.; Molinari, L. Standardization: A Necessary Support for the Utilization of Sludge/Biosolids in Agriculture. Standards 2023, 3, 385-399.
Spinosa, L.; Molinari, L. Standardization: A Necessary Support for the Utilization of Sludge/Biosolids in Agriculture. Standards2023, 3, 385-399.
Spinosa, L.; Molinari, L. Standardization: A Necessary Support for the Utilization of Sludge/Biosolids in Agriculture. Standards 2023, 3, 385-399.
Abstract
One of the issues facing modern society, whatever the socio-economic level of the communities involved, is the development of sustainable strategies in the management of sludge/biosolids. Today, it is imperative to replace solutions aimed at simply “disposing of” with those oriented towards “maximizing recovery benefits”. It is desirable that agricultural use remains the main option in sludge/biosolids management, but to ensure effective and safe agronomic benefits, correctly fulfill the legal requirements, and build stakeholder and public confidence, rigorous and sustainable procedures need to be estab-lished. The development of realistic and enforceable regulation is crucial as it represents the right bal-ance between the different aspects of a coordinated and effective management. Furthermore, it is to recognize that regulation needs to be supported by standardized character-ization procedures and guidelines of good practices, because well-defined procedures allow le-gal requirements to be correctly and uniformly met, thus ensuring reliable comparison of re-sults obtained under different conditions. In this article, main aspects to consider for a sustainable application of this management practice are discussed, together with the parameters that need to be evaluated for the characterization of sludge/biosolids, according to the various aspects related to the agricultural use.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Waste Management and Disposal
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.