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2017.02.013
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waste compost quality. Bioresour Technol 252:83–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.
12.080
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digestion of fruit and vegetable wastes: experimental results on pilot-scale and preliminary
performance evaluation of a full-scale power plant. Energy Convers Manag 77:22–30. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2013.09.004
Singh A, Smyth BM, Murphy JD (2010) A biofuel strategy for Ireland with an emphasis on
production of biomethane and minimization of land-take. Renew Sust Energ Rev 14:277–288.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.004
Suthar S (2009) Vermicomposting of vegetable-market solid waste using Eisenia fetida: impact of
bulking material on earthworm growth and decomposition rate. Ecol Eng 35:914–920. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.019
Thi NBD, Kumar G, Lin CY (2015) An overview of food waste management in developing
countries: current status and future perspective. J Environ Manag 157:220–229. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.022
Varma VS, Yadav J, Das S, Kalamdhad AS (2015) Potential of waste carbide sludge addition on
earthworm growth and organic matter degradation during vermicomposting of agricultural
wastes. Ecol Eng 83:90–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.050
Wang D, Tang YT, Long G, Higgitt D, He J, Robinson D (2020) Future improvements on
performance of an EU landfill directive driven municipal solid waste management for a city
in England. Waste Manag 102:452–463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.11.009
Yang F, Li Y, Han Y, Qian W, Li G, Luo W (2019) Performance of mature compost to control
gaseous emissions in kitchen waste composting. Sci Total Environ 657:262–269. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.030
Zhao C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wu F, Zhang J, Cui R, Wang L, Mu H (2018) Insights into the role of
earthworms on the optimization of microbial community structure during vermicomposting of
sewage sludge by PLFA analysis. Waste Manag 79:700–708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.
2018.08.041
Zhi-wei S, Tao S, Wen-jing D, Jing W (2019) Investigation of rice straw and kitchen waste
degradation through vermicomposting. J Environ Manag 243:269–272. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.126
9 Vermicomposting Treatment of Fruit and Vegetable Waste and the Effect of the. . .
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