Hygienic quality of faeces treated in urine diverting vermicomposting toilets

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2204-2210

  Lalander, Cecilia H ^a   Hill, Geoffrey B ^b   Vinnerås, Björn ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertiliser; Hygiene; On site sanitation; Sanitisation; Urine diverting toilet; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

HYGIENE; ON-SITE SANITATIONS; SANITISATION; URINE DIVERTING TOILET; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

BODY FLUIDS; FERTILIZERS; MAINTENANCE; SANITATION;

MATERIALS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECES; FERTILIZER; HYGIENE; MATURATION; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; SANITATION; URINE;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; EISENIA FETIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FRANCE; HYGIENE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SANITATION; URINE DIVERTING VERMICOMPOSTING TOILET; VERMICOMPOST;

FRANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; SALMONELLA;

FERTILISER; HYGIENE; ON-SITE SANITATION; SANITISATION; URINE DIVERTING TOILET; VERMICOMPOSTING;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885176734     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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