TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological response of using municipal solid waste compost in agriculture as fertilizer supplement
AU - Srivastava, Vaibhav
AU - De Araujo, Ademir Sergio Ferreira
AU - Vaish, Barkha
AU - Bartelt-Hunt, Shannon
AU - Singh, Pooja
AU - Singh, Rajeev Pratap
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors are thankful to anonymous reviewers regarding their critical comments for improving the manuscript. Authors extend their sincere thanks to the Director and Dean, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University for providing necessary facilities. RPS is thankful to Department of Science and Technology, India, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) - University of Nebraska for financial support; and VS acknowledges ICMR for financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Waste management and declining soil fertility are the two main issues experienced by all developing nations, like India. Nowadays, agricultural utilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one of the most promising and cost effective options for managing solid waste. It is helpful in solving two current burning issues viz. soil fertility and MSW management. However, there is always a potential threat because MSW may contain pathogens and toxic pollutants. Therefore, much emphasis has been paid to composting of MSW in recent years. Application of compost from MSW in agricultural land helps in ameliorating the soil’s physico-chemical properties. Apart from that it also assists in improving biological response of cultivated land. Keeping the present situation in mind, this review critially discusses the current scenario, agricultural utilization of MSWcompost, role of soil microbes and soil microbial response on municipal solid waste compost application.
AB - Waste management and declining soil fertility are the two main issues experienced by all developing nations, like India. Nowadays, agricultural utilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one of the most promising and cost effective options for managing solid waste. It is helpful in solving two current burning issues viz. soil fertility and MSW management. However, there is always a potential threat because MSW may contain pathogens and toxic pollutants. Therefore, much emphasis has been paid to composting of MSW in recent years. Application of compost from MSW in agricultural land helps in ameliorating the soil’s physico-chemical properties. Apart from that it also assists in improving biological response of cultivated land. Keeping the present situation in mind, this review critially discusses the current scenario, agricultural utilization of MSWcompost, role of soil microbes and soil microbial response on municipal solid waste compost application.
KW - Agriculture
KW - Biological response
KW - Municipal solid waste (MSW)
KW - Municipal solid waste compost (MSWC)
KW - Soil fertility
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U2 - 10.1007/s11157-016-9407-9
DO - 10.1007/s11157-016-9407-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32214923
AN - SCOPUS:84990818639
SN - 1569-1705
VL - 15
SP - 677
EP - 696
JO - Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology
JF - Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology
IS - 4
ER -