Food Waste Composting with Selected Paper Products

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-42

  Sung, Menghau ^a   Ritter, William F ^b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISINTEGRATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MANURES; PAPER PRODUCTS; SOILS;

DAIRY MANURE; FOOD WASTE; SILAGE;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOSTING; FOOD; MANURE; SANDY LOAM; SILAGE; WASTE;

COMPOSTING; CORN; DISINTEGRATION; FOOD; LOAM; MANURE; PAPER PLATES; SILAGE; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SASSAFRAS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44249126526     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2008.10702353     Document Type: Article

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