Purpose The upsurge of vegetable oil production in Nigeria and the equally increasing concern for the environment which arises due to indiscriminate disposal of phytotoxic vegetable oil mill effluent in a less regulated country like Nigeria makes the re-use of the effluent for fertigation a suitable strategy for its disposal if the appropriate treatment technique is […]
Purpose Municipal sewage sludge generated from three operational wastewater treatment plants, located in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon, was assessed for its potential use as agricultural soil amendment. Method Sludge samples were taken from three treatment plants located in the villages of Iaat, Ablah and Joub Jannine during the summer season of 2018, from June […]
Purpose Adoption of co-composting to treat swine slurry can reduce risks of pollution and produce organic fertilizer. Wood shavings and sawdust are the usual bulking agents used in such treatments, however planted forest is a feedstock source of slow renewability rate. Thus, the prospection of alternative biomass feedstock in regions of high animal density, may […]
