Vermiremediation of dyeing sludge from textile mill with the help of exotic earthworm Eisenia fetida Savigny

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5975-5982

  Bhat, Sartaj Ahmad ^a   Singh, Jaswinder ^b   Vig, Adarsh Pal ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dyeing sludge; Earthworm; Eisenia fetida; Textile mill; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMPOSTING; DYE; EARTHWORM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MORTALITY; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BOS; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 84880815496     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1612-2     Document Type: Article

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