Vermicomposting of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and sugar mill waste

Pollution Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-90

  Ravikannan, S P ^a   Manjula, G ^b   Meenambal, T ^c  

^a Kovai Medical Center   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Effective microorganisms; Municipal solid waste; Sugar mill waste; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLASSE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC ACID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUGAR; VERMICULTURE;

COIMBATORE; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84877938194     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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