Co-composting of Municipal Solid Waste with Sawdust: Improving Compost Quality

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-194

  Yousefi, Javad ^a   Younesi, Habibollah ^a   Ghasempoury, Seyed Mahmoud ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Heavy metal; Moisture; Organic matter; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872685880     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100315     Document Type: Article

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