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| Title: | High-rate Vermicomposting Systems for Recycling Paper Waste |
| Authors: | Gajalakshmi, S
Abbasi, S A |
| Keywords: | Compost
Paper waste
Vermicompost
Earthworm
High-rate |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2003 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Composted
paper waste was vermicomposted with Eudrilus
eugeniae
Kinberg in reactors with higher earthworm densities
(62.5-162.5
animals l-1) than used in conventional
vermireactors
(7 animals l-1). Continuous operation of such
'high-rate'
vermireactors for significantly long periods (7
months)
resulted in consistently high vermicast output (72-
81%) of
the feed being turned to vermicasts in reactors of
different
earthworm densities with very little animal mortality(<4.4%). The earthworms
consistently gained weight and
produced
offsprings in all the reactors, throughout the
experiment.
These findings establish the sustainability of highrate
vermireactors fed on paper waste. |
| Page(s): | 613-615 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-0967 (Online); 0972-5849 (Print) |
| Source: | IJBT Vol.02(4) [October 2003]
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