Biological treatment of organic waste in cold regions – a case study from Sisimiut, Greenland

• Main Authors: Kirkelund, Gunvor Marie, Skadborg, Monika, Nielsen, Monica, Larrea, Leire Díez, Scheutz, Charlotte, Eisted, Rasmus
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Compost; Waste management; Arctic; Greenland; Biological treatment; Organic waste; Source separation; Qeqqata; Sisimiut
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/00ef574c-7727-430e-afa0-600257c007f8

In 2014, Qeqqata Kommunia, Greenland, initiated a pilot project in Sisimiut to reduce the amounts of landfilled waste by source separation of organic waste and subsequent composting. One year after the first batch of compost was produced, this fieldwork study was carried out with the aim of characte...