Comparative assessment of heavy metals content during the composting and vermicomposting of Municipal Solid Waste employing Eudrilus eugeniae

Waste Management

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-145

  Soobhany, Nuhaa ^a   Mohee, Romeela ^a   Garg, Vinod Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Composting; Eudrilus eugeniae; Heavy metal; Municipal Solid Waste; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPOSTING; FOOD WASTE; HEAVY METALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; HEAVY METALS CONTENT; METABOLIC MECHANISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTING PROCESS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; SOLID WASTE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREATHING RATE; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; FOOD WASTE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PAPER WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VERMICOMPOSTING; WASTE; YARD WASTE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EUDRILUS EUGENIAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84928092876     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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