Impact of soil composting using municipal solid waste on biodegradation of plastics

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Vijaya, Ch ^b   Mallikarjuna Reddy, R ^a  

^a Jawahar Bharati Degree and PG College   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Plastics; Soil composting; Solid waste; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REDUCTION; SOIL; STANDARD; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953304797     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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