Earthworms For Solid Waste Management (Hb 2007)

One Earth And One Humanity Should Be Our Motto As This Planet Is The Only Place In The Universe Known To Sustain Life. Human Activities Uncontrolled Dumping And Improper Handling Are Progressively Reducing The PlanetS LifeSupporting Capacities By Adding Million Tons Of Organic Wastes Everyday Into The Environment. This Is One Of The Many Areas In Which Prevention Is Better, And Much Less Costlier Than The Cure. Amongst All The Management Methods Tried In The World, Vermicomposting Has Proved To Be The Best, Cheapest And The Most Effective Method For Recycling Of These Wastes Into Organic Manure. All Fourteen Chapters Of The Book Have Been Written By Subject Experts Of The Country. The First Five Chapters Disclose The Various Devices Of The Technology And Role Of Specific Species Of Earthworms In Solid Waste Management. The Sixth To Eleventh Chapters With Vermicomposting Of Different Types Of Organic Wastes. The Last Three Chapters Specifically Deal With The Impact Of Vermicompost On Soil Fertility And Plant Productivity. It Is Hoped That This Book Will Be A Remarkable Asset For Suggesting Easy Devices Of Technology For Proper Management Of Various Types Of Solid Organic Wastes To The Agrarians, Agricultural Scientists, Earthworm Ecologists, NonGovernment Organizations And PolicyMakers For Upholding The Law Of Nature And Bringing About A Clean, Healthy Environment.