Cleaner production of agriculturally valuable benignant materials from industry generated bio-wastes: A review

B Ravindran, N Karmegam, A Yuvaraj… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bio-wastes from different agro-based industries are increasing at a rapid rate with the
growing human population's demand for the products. The industries procure raw materials …

Instrumental characterization of organic wastes for evaluation of vermicompost maturity

SA Bhat, J Singh, AP Vig - Journal of Analytical Science and Technology, 2017 - Springer
Instrumental analysis of vermicompost with the help of modern technologies provides
essential information on its maturity, before it can be used for agricultural application …

Efficient removal of diclofenac and cephalexin from aqueous solution using Anthriscus sylvestris-derived activated biochar

Z Shirani, H Song, A Bhatnagar - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the adsorption of diclofenac (DF) and
cephalexin (CPX) by Anthriscus sylvestris-derived activated biochar. The raw biochar (R …

Analysis and advanced characterization of municipal solid waste vermicompost maturity for a green environment

V Srivastava, G Goel, VK Thakur, RP Singh… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid demographic expansion along with increasing urbanization has aggravated the
problem of solid waste management. Therefore, scientists are seeking waste management …

Grape pomace compost as a source of organic matter: Evolution of quality parameters to evaluate maturity and stability

MMM Salgado, RO Blu, M Janssens… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Pisco and wine industry in Chile generates about 400,000 tonnes/year of grape pomace
as organic wastes (OWs). This material can be composted and used as organic fertilizer or …

Chemical structures and characteristics of animal manures and composts during composting and assessment of maturity indices

J Huang, Z Yu, H Gao, X Yan, J Chang, C Wang, J Hu… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Changes in physicochemical characteristics, chemical structures and maturity of swine,
cattle and chicken manures and composts during 70-day composting without addition of …

Eisenia fetida and biochar synergistically alleviate the heavy metals content during valorization of biosolids via enhancing vermicompost quality

MB Khan, X Cui, G Jilani, U Lazzat, A Zehra… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Impact of different biochars supplemented (10% w/w) to promote vermicomposting of
sewage sludge (SS) and kitchen waste (KW) mixture (SS+ KW, 70: 30) was studied on the …

Vermiremediation of allopathic pharmaceutical industry sludge amended with cattle dung employing Eisenia fetida

SIK Singh, WR Singh, SA Bhat, B Sohal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study aims to vermiremediate allopathic pharmaceutical industry sludge (AS)
amended with cattle dung (CD), in different feed mixtures (AS: CD) ie (AS 0) 0: 100 [Positive …

Determination of maturity in the vermicompost produced from palm oil mill effluent using spectroscopy, structural characterization and thermogravimetric analysis

SL Lim, TY Wu - Ecological Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Vermicompost produced from palm oil mill effluent was evaluated for its maturity using:(i)
spectroscopic analysis (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and ultraviolet …

Vermicomposting transforms allelopathic parthenium into a benign organic fertilizer

N Hussain, T Abbasi, SA Abbasi - Journal of Environmental Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Vermicompost, which had been derived solely by the action of the epigeic earthworm
Eisenia fetida on parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus), was tested for its impact on the …