Prospects of Organic Waste Management and the Significance of Earthworms

Buch | Hardcover
XII, 259 Seiten
2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-24706-9 (ISBN)

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Prospects of Organic Waste Management and the Significance of Earthworms - Katheem Kiyasudeen S, Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim, Shlrene Quaik, Sultan Ahmed Ismail
106,99 inkl. MwSt
The main aim of this book is to bridge the gap between aerobic and anaerobic waste treatments by concentrating on studies of earthworms. In particular, vermicomposting is being discussed as well as its properties and applications. Other subjects touch on the treatment of palm oil mill effluents, the various importance of earthworms, its scope and future aspects of earthworm research, and the impact of waste management practices on human health.

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
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
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