An earthworm cultivation and soil inoculation tech...

An earthworm cultivation and soil inoculation technique for land restoration Kevin R. Butt *, James Frederickson, Richard M. Morris Biosystems Research Group, Centre for Technology Strategy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK An 8-fold increase in A. longa numbers was recorded over 12 weeks. This compares with a doubling over a similar time period from field-equivalent data for the same species (Evans and...

The conversion of organic wastes into vermicompost...

The conversion of organic wastes into vermicomposts and vermicompost ‘teas’ which promote plant growth and suppress pests and diseases. Clive A. Edwards*, Norman Q. Arancon*, Tse Chi Kai** and David Ellery**,  *Soil Ecology Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA ** Sunburst Waste Management Technologies Ltd, Australia Most people are familiar with the principles of thermophilic composting, which...

Composting Residuals From a Strawboard Manufacturi...

Composting Residuals From a Strawboard Manufacturing Facility  Scott Chapman1 and Daryl McCartney2  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,  Canada  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Phase 1 of the research was a preliminary investigation that employed small bench-scale compost reactors containing various recipes...