Prospects of Organic Waste Management and the Significance of Earthworms - Kiyasudeen S, Katheem; Ibrahim, Mahamad Hakimi; Quaik, Shlrene; Ahmed Ismail, Sultan; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
1. Introduction to organic wastes and its management -- 2. An Introduction to anaerobic digestion of organic wastes -- 3. Composting - a traditional practice of waste treatment -- 4. General Introduction to earthworms, their classifications, and biology -- 5. Important digestive enzymes of earthworm -- 6. Microbial ecology associated with earthworm and its gut -- 7. Optimal conditions and environmental factors involved in breeding earthworms for vermicomposting -- 8. Vermicomposting - an earthworm mediated waste treatment technique -- 9. Vermicompost, its applications and derivatives -- 10. Vermifiltration of organic wastes: Palm oil mill effluent (POME) -- 11. Earthworm based products, scope and future perspectives -- 12. Organic waste management practices and their impact on human health.
Keywords: Waste management; Environmental health; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Environmental Health