PAPERmaking! FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF PAPER TECHNOLOGY Volume 2, Number 1, 2016
Metal concentration Metals concentration in present sludge having higher concentration is described in (Table 5) because of various source such as metal in the raw material and process involved in pulping and paper-making stage. So, the vermicompost made from pulp and paper mill sludge may have higher metal concentrations. Many metal in the sludge mentioned in table is essential and plays significant role for the plant growth and nutrition, but sometime in higher concentration may have detrimental effect on the plant growth. Therefore, before application of the composted material, determining the heavy metals concentration is needed. From the present study, we found that after vermicomposting metals concentration was increased in the composted material as compared to before, in as such
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Article 2 – Treating Paper Mill Sludge
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