Food waste composting: Its use as a peat replacement

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1495-1501

  Farrell, M ^a   Jones, D L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CATERING WASTES; FOOD WASTE; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; FREE CONTROL; GREEN WASTES; GROWING MEDIA; GROWTH MEDIUM; HEAD DIAMETERS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HIGH-NITROGEN; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SEED MASS; SUBSTRATE CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; MIXTURES; PEAT; SEED;

COMPOSTING;

NITROGEN; PEAT;

BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; HORTICULTURE; NITROGEN; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATERING SERVICE; COMPOSTING; FOOD; HORTICULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PAPER; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHAGNUM; SUNFLOWER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GARBAGE; HELIANTHUS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77953611757     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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