Microbial inoculants for small scale composting of putrescible kitchen wastes

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 977-982

  Nair, J ^a   Okamitsu, K ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C:N RATIO; COMPOSTED MATERIALS; GRASS CLIPPINGS; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; KITCHEN WASTE; ORGANIC WASTES; REPRODUCTIVE RATES; SMALL SCALE; SPEED-UPS; TREATMENT GROUP; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA SP; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; INOCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSEHOLD; INOCULATION; KITCHEN; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COOKERY; HOUSING; LIGNIN; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TRICHODERMA;

EARTHWORMS (SP.); TRICHODERMA;

EID: 77951253163     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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