Lalander, Cecilia
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2016Peer reviewedOpen access
Fate of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in fly larvae composting
Lalander, C.; Senecal, J.; Calvo, M. Gros; Ahrens, L.; Josefsson, S.; Wiberg, K.; Vinneras, B.
Abstract
A novel and efficient organic waste management strategy currently gaining great attention is fly larvae composting. High resource recovery efficiency can be achieved in this closed-looped system, but pharmaceuticals and pesticides in waste could potentially accumulate in every loop of the treatment system and spread to the environment. This study evaluated the fate of three pharmaceuticals (carbamazepine, roxithromycin, trimethoprim) and two pesticides (azoxystrobin, propiconazole) in a fly larvae composting system and in a control treatment with no larvae. It was found that the half-life of all five substances was shorter in the fly larvae compost (<10% of control) and no bioaccumulation was detected in the larvae. Fly larvae composting could thus impede the spread of pharmaceuticals and pesticides into the environment. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
Black soldier flies; Half-life decay; Hermetia illucens; Nutrient recycling; Pesticides; Pharmaceuticals
Published in
Science of the Total Environment
2016, volume: 565, pages: 279-286
SLU Authors
Senecal-Smith, Jenna
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Gros Calvo, Meritxell
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ahrens, Lutz
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Josefsson, Sarah
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wiberg, Karin
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Vinnerås, Björn
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG12 Responsible consumption and production
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Management
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.147
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82730