ABSTRACT
Many industrial wastes can be used in agriculture, forestry and land rehabilitation for soil and crop improvement. Re-using wastes can provide both ecological and economic benefits. Biosolids from the wastewater (sewage) treatment industry is the best established of these waste to land industries and has provided a methodology for calculating nutrient loading and preventing land contamination. Using quantitative waste and soil analysis, this methodology can be employed to a wider range of industrial wastes to prevent harm and maximize benefit. Recommendations for application methods, avoidance of nuisance, odor and environmental control are presented based on a wide range of wastes including the timber and yard waste industry, food and beverage, abattoir, building and metal industries. The methods in this chapter can be used to evaluate benefit, risk, applications rates, treatment needs and environmental controls for the beneficial reuse of any wasted resource.
