Industrial scale vermicomposting of pulp and paper mill solids with municipal biosolids and DAF sludge from dairy industries

Appita Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-295

  Quintern, Michael ^a   Seaton, Brian ^b   Mercer, Ed ^b   Millichamp, Philip ^b  

^a MyNOKE Noke Limited   (New Zealand)

^b Carter Holt Harvey Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; FLOTATION; INDUSTRY; ORCHARDS; PULP MANUFACTURE; RECYCLING; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

BIOLOGICAL SOLIDS; CARTER HOLT HARVEY; DEWATERED SLUDGE; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MUNICIPAL BIOSOLIDS; PULP AND PAPER MILL;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

FLOTATION; ORCHARDS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

EID: 84901949380     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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