Over recent years there has been a
resurgence of interest in composting of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). A large
amount of source segregated wastes are now composted across Europe, and the
compost is used routinely by many users from domestic users to commercial
users.
Source segregation leaves behind residual organic materials. Composting combined
with mechanical separation processes may provide a means of recovering lower
grade composts and other recyclates both from the residual wastes, and from
general waste collections, where for economic, social or other reasons composting
of source segregated materials is not carried out. This combination of mechanical
