Improving the quality of municipal solid waste compost by using expanded perlite and natural zeolite

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-334

  Turan, N Gamze ^a   Ergun, Osman Nuri ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Composting; Municipal solid waste; Perlite; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPOSTING; MOISTURE; ODORS; SOLID WASTES; ZEOLITES;

COMPOSTING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERLITE; PH; ZEOLITE;

EURASIA; SAMSUN [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 62349132131     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700135     Document Type: Article

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