Land Application of Biosolids-Derived Biochar in Australia: A Review
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Published:2023-07-12
Issue:14
Volume:15
Page:10909
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ISSN:2071-1050
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Container-title:Sustainability
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Sustainability
Author:
Sinha Payel1, Marchuk Serhiy1ORCID, Harris Peter1ORCID, Antille Diogenes L.12ORCID, McCabe Bernadette K.1
Affiliation:
1. Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia 2. CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Abstract
Thermal treatment in Australia is gaining interest due to legislative changes, waste reduction goals, and the need to address contaminants’ risks in biosolids used for agriculture. The resulting biochar product has the potential to be beneficially recycled as a soil amendment. On-farm management practices were reviewed to identify barriers that need to be overcome to increase recycling and examine the role of pyrolysis and gasification in effectively improving the quality and safety of biochar intended for land application. Key findings revealed the following: (1) thermal treatment can effectively eliminate persistent organic pollutants, microplastics, and pathogens, and (2) more than 90% of the total heavy metals content in biosolids may become immobilized when these are converted to biochar, thus reducing their bioavailability following land application. While the reported research on the short-term effects of biosolids-derived biochar suggests promising agronomic results, there is a dearth of information on long-term effects. Other knowledge gaps include the optimization of land application rates, understanding of the rate of breakdown, and the fate of contaminants in soil and water, including heavy metal mobility and redistribution in the environment by processes such as erosion and runoff following land application. An improved understanding of nutrients and contaminants dynamics in soils receiving biosolids-derived biochar is a pre-requisite for their safe use in Australian agriculture, and therefore, it is highlighted as a priority area for future research.
Funder
Australian Research Training Program Centre for Agricultural Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction
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