Possibilities of composting disposable diapers with municipal solid wastes

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-259

  Colón, Joan ^a   Ruggieri, Luz ^a   Sánchez, Antoni ^a   González, Aina ^b   Puig, Ignasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ENT Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

composting; diapers; environmental impact; municipal solid wastes; waste collection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; COMPOSTING PROCESS; DIAPERS; DISPOSABLE DIAPERS; FULL SCALE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; OXYGEN CONTENT; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; WASTE COLLECTION;

BIOLOGY; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXYGEN; WASTE TREATMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDEX METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOTOXICITY; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MECHANICAL BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; SALMONELLA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DIAPERS, INFANT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79952417151     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10364684     Document Type: Article

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