Assessment of the performance of different compost models to manage urban household organic solid wastes

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-484

  Kumar, P Ravi ^a   Jayaram, Ambika ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Compost; Earthworm; Electrical conductivity; Solid waste management (SWM); Urban solid waste (USW)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; STORM SEWERS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

C:N RATIO; COMPOSTABLE WASTES; EARTHWORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; ORGANIC SOLID WASTES; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; URBAN SOLID WASTE (USW);

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 72149091986     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0204-9     Document Type: Article

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