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English translation: turning

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French term or phrase:	retournements
English translation:	turning
Entered by:	veratek

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13:04 Jul 13, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / waste treatment

French term or phrase: retournements

report from a conference on the subject

Les présentations compostage concernaient le contrôle du procédé (aération, retournements…), la composition des mélanges (nature des déchets, ratio de mélange), la qualité environnementale des composts (ETM, inertes), la valeur agronomique des composts et quelques retours d’expériences associés à des contextes locaux ou des gisements de matières organiques particuliers.

veratek KudoZ activity Questions: 475 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 586 France
Local time: 23:37

turning

Explanation:
That's how you make compost.

Also see:
http://www.envirolet.com/compostmyths.html
http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/turningcompost.html
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/organic/msg12142524...
http://www.ehow.com/video_2329271_turn-compost-pile.html

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cc in nyc
Local time: 17:37

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turning

cc in nyc

turning

Jelena (Lena) Burgic

the turning over

bigmimi

turning

clain

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

turning

cc in nyc
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

thanks!

8 mins confidence:

turning

Explanation:
Turning a compost pile is a part of the process of making good compost.

http://www.envirolet.com/compostmyths.html

What is one of the first things to come to mind when one thinks of compost? Turning the pile. Turn, turn, turn, has become the mantra of composters worldwide. Early researchers who wrote seminal works in the composting field, such as Gotaas, Rodale, and many others, emphasize turning compost piles, almost obsessively so.

L'accès à l'intérieur du bac par la face avant doit être aisé. Le retournement du compost ou son transfert doivent être faciles.

http://users.swing.be/compost/Main_Silo.htm

clain
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19

10 mins confidence:

turning

Explanation:
I have done some work on this matter and believe that the English term is turning.

Example sentence(s):

Turning During the composting process oxygen is used up quickly by the microbes as they metabolize the organic matter. As the oxygen becomes depleted the composting process slows and temperatures decline. Aerating the compost by turning should ensure...

Reference: http://www.ecochem.com/t_compost_faq2.html
Reference: http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/turningcompost.html

Jelena (Lena) Burgic
Local time: 14:37
Native speaker of:

English,

Serbo-Croat

7 hrs confidence:

the turning over

Explanation:
+ dynamique

bigmimi
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of:

French

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