Management of urban solid waste: Vermicomposting a sustainable option

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 719-729

  Singh, Rajeev Pratap ^a,c   Singh, Pooja ^a   Araujo, Ademir S F ^b   Hakimi Ibrahim, M ^a   Sulaiman, Othman ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Management; Municipal solid waste; Vermicast; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LAND APPLICATIONS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND-MASSES; LANDFILLING; LIFE STYLES; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; PLANT NUTRIENTS; SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICAST; VERMICOMPOSTING PROCESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HEAVY METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPOSTING; GASIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCINERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL; MALAYSIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 79956189453     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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