Contaminated land clean-up using composted wastes and impacts of VOCs on land

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1772-1778

  Williamson, J C ^a   Akinola, M ^b   Nason, M A ^a   Tandy, S ^a   Healey, J R ^a   Jones, D L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-COMPOSTING; COMPOSTED WASTES; CONTAMINATED LANDS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FORCED AERATIONS; GLASSHOUSE CONDITIONS; IN VESSELS; LANDSPREADING; ORGANIC FEEDSTOCKS; ORGANIC WASTES; RELATIVE CONCENTRATIONS; ROOT GROWTHS; SITE REMEDIATIONS; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; VEGETATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

REMEDIATION;

COMPOST; CONTAMINATED LAND; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METALLURGY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WALES;

EID: 61849180910     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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