Exploitation of composting management for either reclamation of organic wastes or solid-phase treatment of contaminated environmental matrices

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 195-207

  Vallini, Giovanni ^a   Gregorio, Simona Di ^a   Pera, Antonio ^b   Cunha Queda, A Cristina F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biopiles; Bioremediation; Composting; Ex situ soil biotreatments; In vessel systems; Open systems; Organic waste reclamation; Organo nitro explosives; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soil composting windrows

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING;

RECLAMATION;

EID: 0037232471     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a02-008     Document Type: Review

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