Maturity assessment of compost from municipal solid waste through the study of enzyme activities and water-soluble fractions

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-540

  Castaldi, Paola ^a   Garau, Giovanni ^a   Melis, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; ENZYME KINETICS; SOLID WASTES;

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CELLULASE; HYDROLASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; UREASE; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; ENZYME KINETICS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLUBILITY;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENZYMES; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 37349098742     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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