Cocomposting with and without Eisenia fetida for conversion of toxic paper mill sludge to a soil conditioner

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8192-8198

  Kaur, Arvinder ^a   Singh, Jaswinder ^a   Vig, Adarsh Pal ^a   Dhaliwal, S S ^b   Rup, Pushpinder J ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cocomposting; Eisenia fetida; Industrial waste; Paper mill waste; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

CATTLE DUNG; COCOMPOSTING; EISENIA FETIDA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN-FIELD; PAPER MILL SLUDGES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; ORGANIC CARBON; PAPER; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRANSITION METALS;

SOIL CONDITIONERS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; METAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CONDITIONER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; SEWAGE; SOIL; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; MANURE; MILL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; RICE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EISENIA FOETIDA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; LANDFILL; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TOXIC WASTE; VERMICOMPOST; WORM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BOVINAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PAPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CATTLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; PAPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; SOIL; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

CARBON; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MANURE; PAPER; PAPER MACHINES; PAPER MILLS; PHOSPHORUS; PULP MILLS; RESISTIVITY; SOIL; TRANSITION METALS; WASTES;

BOS; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 77954542876     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.041     Document Type: Article

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