Pulverized Paper as a Soil Carbon Source for Degraded Training Lands

Abstract

This report summarizes a project to demonstrate and validate the utilization of pulverized classified paper waste as a soil amendment to improve degraded training lands. Military training lands are often lacking in soil organic matter, which improves water infiltration and nutrient and moisture retention. Further, when these lands are disturbed, nutrient availability favors weed establishment and makes restoration to desirable native plant communities difficult. High carbon (C) wastes are able to alleviate these problems but due to cost and availability are often not feasible. Federal regulations require that classified paper be pulverized to very small fragments, which negates their recyclability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1084329

Entities

People

  • H. Allen Torbet
  • Ryan R. Busby
  • Stephen A. Prior

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agriculture
  • Bulk Materials
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Properties
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Compact Disks
  • Dacron
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Protection
  • Forestry
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Military Training
  • Physical Properties
  • Soil Science
  • Solid Waste
  • United States

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.