Earthworms - the waste managers : their role in sustainable waste management converting waste into resource while reducing greenhouse gases / Rajiv K. Sinha [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinha, Rajiv K., author.

Series:

Waste and waste management series.

Waste and Waste Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vermicomposting.

Earthworm culture.

Earthworms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Summary:

Millions of tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) comprising a great proportion of 'food & green garden wastes' generated from homes and institutions are ending up in the landfills everyday. This book explores the possibilities of management in this area.

Contents:

EARTHWORMS - THE WASTE MANAGERS: THEIR ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONVERTING WASTE INTO RESOURCE WHILE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES ; EARTHWORMS - THE WASTE MANAGERS: THEIR ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONVERTING WASTE INTO RESOURCE WHILE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 2 VERMICOMPOSTING OF ORGANIC WASTES : AN EFFICIENT & HYGIENIC SYSTEM ; WASTE EATER EARTHWORMS SUITABLE FOR WASTE DEGRADATION & STABILIZATION; Chapter 3 WASTES SUITABLE FOR VERMICOMPOSTING ; MUNICIPAL ORGANIC WASTES

AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY WASTES SOME INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC WASTES SUITABLE FOR VERMI-COMPOSTING ; WORMS CAN EVEN VERMICOMPOST HUMAN EXCRETA (FECES); WORMS CAN FEED UPON MEAT WASTE PRODUCTS IF DRIVEN TO STARVATION; Chapter 4 IMPORTANT STUDIES ON VERMICOMPOSTING OF WASTE; Chapter 5 MECHANISM OF WORM ACTION IN THE COMPOSTING PROCESS; A) WORMS DEGRADE WASTE BY GRINDING ACTION ; B) EARTHWORMS REINFORCE MICROBIAL POPULATION AND ACT SYNERGISTICALLY WITH MICROBES; C) WORMS DEGRADE WASTE BY ENZYMATIC ACTION ; D) HUMIFICATION OF DEGRADED WASTE

Chapter 6 CRITICAL FACTORS AFFECTING VERMICOMPOSTING BY EARTHWORMS 1. MODERATE TEMPERATURE; 2. ADEQUATE MOISTURE CONTENT ; 3. ADEQUATE AERATION ; 4. PH OF THE WASTE PILE; 5. ADEQUATE AVAILABILITY OF CALCIUM (CA) ; 6. CARBON/NITROGEN (C/N) RATIO OF THE WASTE MATERIAL ; 7. ADEQUATE NUMBER AND BIOMASS OF COMPOSTING WORMS ; Chapter 7 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF COMPOSTING OF MIXED FOOD & GARDEN WASTES BY AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC AND VERMICOMPOSTING SYSTEMS IN METHODICAL & CASUAL WAYS ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; OBSERVATIONS, RESULTS & DISCUSSION

Chapter 8 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF COMPOSTING OF INDIVIDUAL FOOD & GARDEN WASTE COMPONENTS BY AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC AND VERMICOMPOSTING SYSTEMS IN METHODICAL & CASUAL WAYSRESULTS AND DISCUSSION ON INDIVIDUAL FOOD & GARDEN WASTE COMPOSTING ; Chapter 9 ADVANTAGES OF VERMICOMPOSTING OVER CONVENTIONAL COMPOSTING ; 1. NEARLY ODOR-FREE PROCESS ; 2. EARTHWORMS MINERALIZE THE NUTRIENTS FROM WASTE ORGANICS TO INCREASES ITS VALUE IN THE END PRODUCT & MAKE THEM BIO-AVAILABLE ; 3. EARTHWORMS PROLIFERATE BENEFICIAL MICROBES IN THE END PRODUCT

4. EARTHWORMS DESTROY HARMFUL MICROBES IN THE END PRODUCT MAKING THEM PATHOGEN FREE & HYGIENIC 5. EARTHWORMS REMOVES TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM COMPOSTED PRODUCTS ; 6. LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY VERMI-COMPOSTING OF WASTE; 7. NO OR LOW ENERGY USE IN VERMI-COMPOSTING PROCESS ; 8. EARTHWORMS BIOMASS: A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE BY-PRODUCT OF VERMICOMPOSTING; Chapter 10 WASTE MANAGEMENT BY EARTHWORMS: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT ; 1) U.S.A.; 2) CANADA ; 3) UK ; 4) FRANCE ; 5) NEW ZEALAND ; 6) PHILIPPINES ; 7) ARGENTINA ; 8) CHINA ; 9) RUSSIA ; 10) JAPAN; 11) ITALY ; 12) CUBA

Vermiculture Movement in Australia: Diverting Wastes from Landfills

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 6, 2016).

ISBN:

1-61122-717-8