Mining of compost from dumpsites and bioreactor landfills

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Joseph, Kurian ^a   Esakku, S ^a   Nagendran, R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Compost; Heavy metals; Landfill bioreactors; Landfill cover; Landfill mining; Municipal solid waste; Sustainable landfill

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; HEAVY METALS; MINING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

LANDFILL BIOREACTORS; LANDFILL MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

LAND FILL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESEARCH;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 36049040626     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.015149     Document Type: Review

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