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\nAt 60\u00b0 the thermophilic stage of the process begins. Here, organisms capable of living in very hot conditions degrade complex molecules.
\nSubsequently, for several days or even months (depending on the primary materials used), the temperature remains high and the biological activity of the micro-organisms decreases. A pasteurisation process then takes place in which harmful bacteria and contaminants (such as Salmonella or Escherichia coli) are killed. This process allows the product to be sanitised. During this phase, the mixture has to be frequently aerated to provide oxygen to the micro-organisms so that they can continue to decompose.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00bbin_container\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb scene_position=\u00bbcenter\u00bb text_color=\u00bbcustom\u00bb custom_text_color=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb text_align=\u00bbleft\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00bb0.3″][vc_column column_padding=\u00bbpadding-2-percent\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00bball\u00bb background_color=\u00bb#ef9d00″ background_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ background_hover_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ font_color=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb top_margin=\u00bb-300″ column_shadow=\u00bbnone\u00bb width=\u00bb1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_border_width=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb][vc_column_text]\n
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[vc_row type=\u00bbin_container\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb scene_position=\u00bbcenter\u00bb text_color=\u00bbdark\u00bb text_align=\u00bbleft\u00bb top_padding=\u00bb40″ overlay_strength=\u00bb0.3″][vc_column column_padding=\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00bball\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ background_hover_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ top_margin=\u00bb60″ column_shadow=\u00bbnone\u00bb width=\u00bb1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_border_width=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb][vc_column_text]Composting is a biochemical process by which organic matter is decomposed and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008\/revisions\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compostsegria.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}