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Management of Organic Waste

Edited by Sunil Kumar and Ajay Bharti, ISBN 978-953-307-925-7, Hard cover, 198 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 01, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Environmental Engineering
DOI: 10.5772/1382

This book reports research on the utilization of organic waste through composting and vermicomposting, biogas production, recovery of waste materials, and the chemistry involved in the processing of organic waste under various processing aspects. A few chapters on collection systems and disposal of wastes have also been included.