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Peer-reviewedCC BYEnvironmental science and pollution research international

Comparative evaluation of four household food‑waste composting systems for decentralized circular waste management.

  • Stanislava Voběrková1
  • Eva Jansová1
  • Martina Vršanská1
  • Tomáš Do1
  • Lenka Vaňková1
  • Petra Martínez Barroso2
  • Ivo Sedláček3
  • Aleš Knoll4
  • Ester Kovaříková1
  • Magdalena Dária Vaverková5,6
6 affiliations
  1. 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic.
  2. 2Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic.
  3. 3Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
  4. 4Department of Animal Morphology, Physiology and Genetics, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic.
  5. 5Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic. [email protected].
  6. 6Faculty of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, 02 776, Poland. [email protected].
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Abstract

The study evaluated four household food waste composting systems using replicated trials (n = 3 per device) with standardized feedstock loads to compare temperature dynamics, physicochemical parameters, compost maturity, and microbiological safety. Although electric units automated mixing and heating, they did not achieve faster overall stabilization, and all devices produced semistabilized material requiring extended curing. Economic and environmental assessments indicated trade‑offs between operational costs, energy use, and waste diversion potential. Screening of culturable isolates did not reveal antibiotic‑resistant strains, though this does not exclude their presence in uncultured microbial fractions. The results highlight the need for additional maturation steps and context‑specific adoption strategies for decentralized circular waste management.

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@article{voberkova2026comparative,
  title = {{Comparative evaluation of four household food‑waste composting systems for decentralized circular waste management.}},
  author = {Stanislava Voběrková and Eva Jansová and Martina Vršanská and Tomáš Do and Lenka Vaňková and Petra Martínez Barroso and Ivo Sedláček and Aleš Knoll and Ester Kovaříková and Magdalena Dária Vaverková},
  journal = {Environmental science and pollution research international},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1007/s11356-026-38301-x},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42858203},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comparative evaluation of four household food‑waste composting systems for decentralized circular waste management.
AU  - Stanislava Voběrková
AU  - Eva Jansová
AU  - Martina Vršanská
AU  - Tomáš Do
AU  - Lenka Vaňková
AU  - Petra Martínez Barroso
AU  - Ivo Sedláček
AU  - Aleš Knoll
AU  - Ester Kovaříková
AU  - Magdalena Dária Vaverková
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/01
JO  - Environmental science and pollution research international
DO  - 10.1007/s11356-026-38301-x
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42858203
AB  - The study evaluated four household food waste composting systems using replicated trials (n = 3 per device) with standardized feedstock loads to compare temperature dynamics, physicochemical parameters, compost maturity, and microbiological safety. Although electric units automated mixing and heating, they did not achieve faster overall stabilization, and all devices produced semistabilized material requiring extended curing. Economic and environmental assessments indicated trade‑offs between operational costs, energy use, and waste diversion potential. Screening of culturable isolates did not reveal antibiotic‑resistant strains, though this does not exclude their presence in uncultured microbial fractions. The results highlight the need for additional maturation steps and context‑specific adoption strategies for decentralized circular waste management.
SN  - 0944-1344
SN  - 1614-7499
ER  -