Recycling of Paper Mill Biosolids: A Review on Current Practices and Emerging Biorefinery Initiatives

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 919-926

  Pervaiz, Muhammad ^a,b   Sain, Mohini ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GreenCore Composites Inc   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Composites; Effluent sludge; Environmental implications; Renewable resources; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPOSITE; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEPAPER;

EID: 84931570129     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201400590     Document Type: Review

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