160855 20251017144550.0 doi 10.3390/su17094169 sideral 144135 ART-2025-144135 eng Miguel, Natividad Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1807-5049 Sustainable Management of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste: Microbiological Quality Control During Composting and Its Application in Agriculture on a Pilot Scale 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Within the Life-NADAPTA project (LIFE16 IPC/ES/000001), and in the framework of sustainable waste management, a study was carried out on the microbiological evolution during the composting process of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (FORSU) using aerated static piles and their agricultural application on a pilot scale. This is necessary to ensure effective sanitization of the compost and that its application does not pose any risk. The microbiological parameters considered were as follows: Salmonella sp., Escherichia coli, total coliforms, and Enterococcus sp. The physicochemical parameters moisture, total solids, organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, and heavy metals were also evaluated. Salmonella sp. was not detected throughout the process, and the concentration of the three microbiological indicators decreased to the sanitary conditions recommended by legislation. As a result, the compost obtained complied with the requirements set out in the regulations on fertilizer products and was highly stabilized and mature for application on agricultural land. Tests were carried out on the soil before, during and after the vegetative cycle of the crop and on the irrigation water. The soil results showed that the addition of the organic amendment did not alter the populations of the tested micro-organisms at the end of the crop growing cycle. Thus, an adequate treatment of the residues allows them to be used in a sustainable way, but an adequate monitoring of the operational parameters is necessary to ensure this. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/B43-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/LIFE/16 IPC-ES-000001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion López, Andrea Jojoa-Sierra, Sindy Dayana Gómez, Jairo Ormad, María P. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3014-0322 5005 790 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb. Área Tecnologi. Medio Ambiente 17, 9 (2025), 4169 [14 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 2849920 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/160855/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2687167 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/160855/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:160855 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:11:39 ARTICLE