A review on vermicomposting of organic wastes

U Ali, N Sajid, A Khalid, L Riaz… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Generation of the huge amount of solid waste around the globe is a major ecological and
technical problem. Vermicomposting may be the viable option to handle solid waste in an …

Sustainable approach to biotransform industrial sludge into organic fertilizer via vermicomposting: A mini‐review

LH Lee, TY Wu, KPY Shak, SL Lim… - Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, industrial sludge is generated in large amounts. Industrial sludge is a solid or
semi‐solid material consisting of all compounds removed from wastewater, as well as any …

Sustainability of using composting and vermicomposting technologies for organic solid waste biotransformation: recent overview, greenhouse gases emissions and …

SL Lim, LH Lee, TY Wu - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Organic solid waste poses a serious threat to the environment as the world struggles to keep
up with its rapid generation. Biological waste treatment technologies such as composting …

Biotransformation of biodegradable solid wastes into organic fertilizers using composting or/and vermicomposting

TY Wu, SL Lim, PN Lim, KPY Shak - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - cetjournal.it
This review discusses the differences between composting and vermicomposting of
biodegradable solid waste. Solid waste management is a major challenge worldwide due to …

Vermicomposting of waste: a zero-waste approach for waste management

K Sharma, VK Garg - Sustainable resource recovery and zero waste …, 2019 - Elsevier
Globally, the rapid urbanization, industrialization, technologic advancement, and population
increase has led to worrisome challenges associated with increasing solid waste …

Role of vermicomposting in agricultural waste management

C Gupta, D Prakash, S Gupta, MA Nazareno - … green technologies for …, 2019 - Springer
Agricultural wastes including food processing wastes are the by-products of various food
industries that have not been recycled or utilized for other purposes. These agri-horticultural …

Vermicomposting: a sustainable tool for environmental equilibria

A Singh, GS Singh - Environmental Quality Management, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Improperly managed organic waste constitutes a serious environment threat across the
globe. This has led to a worldwide struggle to strike a balance between the rapid generation …

Vermicomposting: An effective option for recycling organic wastes

T Kaur - Organic agriculture, 2020 - books.google.com
Urbanization and industrialization resulted in rapid increase in volume of solid waste; its
management has become one of the biggest problems today. Solid wastes can be disposed …

The potential reuse of biodegradable municipal solid wastes (MSW) as feedstocks in vermicomposting

EYS Sim, TY Wu - Journal of the Science of Food and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need globally to find alternative sustainable steps to treat municipal solid
wastes (MSW) originated from mismanagement of urban wastes with increasing disposal …

Industrial wastes and sludges management by vermicomposting

A Yadav, VK Garg - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2011 - Springer
Vermicomposting has been arising as an innovative ecotechnology for the conversion of
various types of wastes into vermicompost. Vermicompost is humus like, finely granulated …