Organic Waste Recycling

122 Organic waste recycling: technology and management

3.18 is a DANO composting plant treating part of Bangkok city, Thailand, solid
wastes, while a smaller unit made for composting solid wastes generated from a
community of 1,000 people in central Thailand is shown in Figure 3.19.

Figure 3.17 Typical DANO plant (after Flintoff and Millard 1969)

Figure 3.18 A DANO composting plant in Bangkok

“Dano” Bio-stabilizer

Vibrating

screens

Rejects

Air (pumped in through ducts)

Water or sludge added in amount

necessary to raise total moisture

content to 50%

Rejects

Cinder

extractor

Elevating

conveyor

Picking

belt

Magnetic

separator

Hopper

Rotary

screen