Composting facility

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005976",
  "term": "Composting facility",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Composting Facility",
  "definitions": [
    "Offsite facility where the organic component of municipal solid scraps is biologically decomposed under controlled conditions; an aerobic process in which organic materials are ground or shredded and then decomposed to humus in windrow piles or in mechanical digesters, drums, or similar enclosures.",
    "1. Refers to an offsite facility where the organic component of municipal solid scraps is biologically decomposed under controlled conditions; an aerobic process in which organic materials are ground or shredded and then decomposed to humus in windrow piles or in mechanical digesters, drums, or similar enclosures.\n\n2. An offsite facility where the organic component of municipal solid waste is decomposed under controlled conditions.\n\n3. An aerobic process in which organic materials are ground or shredded and then decomposed to humus in windrow piles or in mechanical digesters, drums, or similar enclosures."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Built environments",
    "General environmental"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. EPA, 1991a,1994a; Recycling - State and Local Glossary",
    "U.S. EPA, 1991a,1994a",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/composting-facility/"
}