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Project Code [2007-FS-WRM-12-]

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Project title

Spent mushroom compost (SMC) management and options for use.

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT)

Lead Applicant

Siobhan Jordan

Project Abstract

The proposed research will focus and various aspects of spent mushroom compost management, including the development of a ?Best Management Practice? manual for mushroom growers in order to promote effective disposal strategies and to impart ownership of SMC management on the relevant mushroom growers, farmers and authorities. These plans will take into account the volume of SMC produced in areas, the proximity of mushroom farms to other agricultural outlets, local weather patterns, and variability in soil type and nutrient content. Other outlets for SMC will also be address including a study on the use of SMC in constructed wetlands for treating acid mine drainage, in an attempt to use a waste product as a solution to the remediation of the Avoca River.

Grant Approved

�200,343.95

Research Hub

Green and Circular Economy

Research Theme

Waste and Resources Management

Start Date

01/10/2007

Initial Projected Completion Date

01/10/2009