A review on vermicomposting of organic wastes

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1050-1062

  Ali, Usman ^a   Sajid, Nida ^a   Khalid, Azeem ^b   Riaz, Luqman ^b   Rabbani, Muhammad Muaz ^b   Syed, Jabir Hussain ^c   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

biogas; codigestion; feeding; integrated composting; stocking density; vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; COMPOSTING; FEEDING; SOLID WASTES;

CODIGESTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; STOCKING DENSITY; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTING PROCESS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84937734796     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.12100     Document Type: Review

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