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Use of vermiculture technology for waste management and environmental remediation in Argentina

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  • Silvana Irene Torri
  • Maria Mabel Puelles

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Throughout the world, there have been increasing interests in the recycling of wastes for sustainable development. This especially applies for organic materials of municipal and agro-industrial origin. Recycling initiatives in Argentina are still incipient. In the last years, the use of earthworms for stabilising organic wastes has been evaluated. In this paper, the authors compile the research results of vermicomposting of organic residues from different raw materials and its use as a biofertiliser, to provide a general outlook of the development of vermiculture technology in Argentina within the last decade. Research results of bioaccumulation of some trace elements by worms in artificially contaminated systems are also provided.

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  • Silvana Irene Torri & Maria Mabel Puelles, 2010. "Use of vermiculture technology for waste management and environmental remediation in Argentina," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(3/4), pages 239-254.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:10:y:2010:i:3/4:p:239-254
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    2. Leidy Marcela Ulloa-Murillo & Lina María Villegas & Alejandra Rocío Rodríguez-Ortiz & Mónica Duque-Acevedo & Francisco Joaquín Cortés-García, 2022. "Management of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste in the Context of a Sustainable and Circular Model: Analysis of Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-25, May.

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