Method for disinfecting and stabilizing organic wastes with mineral by-products

A stable, granular bio-mineral product made by a method comprising

• intimately mixing organic waste with one or more mineral by-products to form a mixture having a pH of less than about 9;
• and
• heating and drying the mixture to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product, wherein at least a portion of the heat for heating and/or drying the mixture is provided by residual heat in at least one of the one or more mineral by-products and, wherein the pH is maintained at less than about 9 throughout the method.

A fertilizer comprising a biologically stable, granular bio-mineral product made by a method comprising

• intimately mixing organic waste with one or more mineral by-products to form a mixture having a pH of less than about 9;
• and
• heating and drying the mixture to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product, wherein at least a portion of the heat for heating and/or drying the mixture is provided by residual heat in at least one of the one or more mineral by-products and, wherein the pH is maintained at less than about 9 throughout the method.

A soil amendment comprising a biologically stable, granular bio-mineral product made by a method comprising

• intimately mixing organic waste with one or more mineral by-products to form a mixture having a pH of less than about 9;
• and
• heating and drying the mixture to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product, wherein at least a portion of the heat for heating and/or drying the mixture is provided by residual heat in at least one of the one or more mineral by-products and, wherein the pH is maintained at less than about 9 throughout the method.

A soil substitute comprising a biologically stable, granular bio-mineral product made by a method comprising

• intimately mixing organic waste with one or more mineral by-products to form a mixture having a pH of less than about 9;
• and
• heating and drying the mixture to produce a stable, granular bio-mineral product, wherein at least a portion of the heat for heating and/or drying the mixture is provided by residual heat in at least one of the one or more mineral by-products and, wherein the pH is maintained at less than about 9 throughout the method.