Fertilizer and sanitary quality of digestate biofertilizer from the co-digestion of food waste and human excreta

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 747-752

  Owamah, H I ^a   Dahunsi, S O ^a   Oranusi, U S ^b   Alfa, M I ^c  

^a LANDMARK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biofertilizer; Digestate; Pathogens; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BIO FERTILIZERS; DIGESTATE; FURTHER TREATMENTS; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPOSTING; FEEDSTOCKS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PATHOGENS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

DIGESTATE BIOFERTILIZER; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFERTILIZER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; ASH; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTEROIDES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPOST; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; FOOD WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; KLEBSIELLA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SOLID; WASTE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; FERTILIZERS; GARBAGE; HUMANS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84900622802     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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