Effect on maturity and nutritional parameters during vermicomposting of Municipal Solid Waste

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 454-463

  Lodha, Bharat ^a  

^a SHRI G S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon to nitrogen ratio; Compost maturity; Earthworms; Electrical conductivity; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Phosphorus; Total Kjeldahl nitrogen; Total potassium; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

COMPOST MATURITY; EARTHWORMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN; VERMICOMPOSTING;

SOLID WASTES;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

EID: 35948982289     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.015157     Document Type: Article

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