Prospects of Organic Waste Management and the Significance of Earthworms
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-24706-9 (ISBN)
1. Introduction to organic wastes and its management.- 2. An Introduction to anaerobic digestion of organic wastes.- 3. Composting - a traditional practice of waste treatment.- 4. General Introduction to earthworms, their classifications, and biology.- 5. Important digestive enzymes of earthworm.- 6. Microbial ecology associated with earthworm and its gut.- 7. Optimal conditions and environmental factors involved in breeding earthworms for vermicomposting.- 8. Vermicomposting - an earthworm mediated waste treatment technique.- 9. Vermicompost, its applications and derivatives.- 10. Vermifiltration of organic wastes: Palm oil mill effluent (POME).- 11. Earthworm based products, scope and future perspectives.- 12. Organic waste management practices and their impact on human health.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future |
| Zusatzinfo | XII, 259 p. 69 illus., 16 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| Schlagworte | composting • Earth and Environmental Science • Earthworms • Environmental Health • Organic wastes • Recycling • Vermicomposting • Waste Management/Waste Technology |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-24706-9 / 3319247069 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-24706-9 / 9783319247069 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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