Nutrient recovery from compostable fractions of municipal solid wastes using vermitechnology

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 174-184

  Suthar, Surendra ^a   Kumar, Kapil ^a   Mutiyar, Pravin K ^b  

^a DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Municipal solid waste; Soil fertility; Vermicomposting; Waste recycling

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COCOON PRODUCTION; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; REPRODUCTION PATTERN; SOIL FERTILITY; VERMI-COMPOSTING; WASTE RECYCLING;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

BIOMASS; COCOON; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; REPRODUCTION; SOIL FERTILITY; VERMICULTURE; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84894250927     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 16118227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-014-0238-x     Document Type: Article

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