The interactions of composting and biochar and their implications for soil amendment and pollution remediation: a review

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 754-764

  Wu, Haipeng ^a,b   Lai, Cui ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Liang, Jie ^a   Chen, Jin ^b   Xu, Jijun ^b   Dai, Juan ^b   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Lu, Lunhui ^a   Hu, Liang ^a   Wan, Jia ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGJIANG RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

compost; contamination remediation; organic materials; pyrolysis; soil restoration; Waste

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSTING; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; PYROLYSIS; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONTAMINATION REMEDIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL RESTORATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT; SOIL;

BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATION EXCHANGE; COMPOSTING; HUMIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; POLLUTANT; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84991503871     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2016.1232696     Document Type: Review

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