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‘Phytowaste’ and Vermicomposting as a Potential Route for Its Environmentally Compatible Utilization

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A new term ‘phytowaste’ has been introduced to denote that form of biomass or biowaste which comprises either the remains of the earlier live plant, or the present live plants which are weedy and are sought to be eradicated. The reasons why some species of plants, which are essential components of the ecosystems in their place of origin, become weedy when taken to new regions are enumerated. It is then shown that even as a lot of effort has been invested in either eradicating the weeds or finding ways to utilize them, neither have succeeded in controlling their spread. The prevailing means of utilizing most weeds are either not economical or are confined to their miniscule use in a few small regions of the world. In this context, the recently developed paradigm of ‘high-rate vermicomposting’ is discussed and its potential in converting billions of tonnes of ‘phytowaste’ into organic fertilizer is highlighted.

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Abbasi, S.A., Patnaik, P., Tabassum-Abbasi, Abbasi, T. (2020). ‘Phytowaste’ and Vermicomposting as a Potential Route for Its Environmentally Compatible Utilization. In: Siddiqui, N., Tauseef, S., Dobhal, R. (eds) Advances in Water Pollution Monitoring and Control. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9956-6_3

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