date:May 16, 2013
straw every year, and we can now turn that waste into gold, he told CNA. In addition to rice straw and bagasse, Tsai said, the institute is also working on turning waste paper pulp into compost. The method has been successfully applied to growing white, blewit, shaggy, Brazil and oyster mushrooms, Tsai said.
Chen Jin-tong, an assistant researcher at the institute, said the new method helps reduce by half the time and manpower needed to make compost of better quality, which also improves the