Heavy metal contamination of a mixed waste compost: Metal speciation and fate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4423-4432

  Farrell, Mark ^a   Jones, Davey L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Industry; MSW; Remediation; Thlaspi caerulescens

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMPOSTING; BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; BIODEGRADABLE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; COMPOST FEEDSTOCKS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; GREEN WASTES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATED SITE; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL SPECIATION; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL SPECIATION; MIXED WASTES; MSW; PLANT GROWTH; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

AGRICULTURE; FEEDSTOCKS; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; POLLUTION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT; ZINC;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; COPPER; LEAD; NITROGEN; ZINC;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MINERALIZATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; THLASPI;

THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 67349174195     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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