Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Volume I and II

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  1. Anonymous, “Municipal Refuse Disposal,” publication of American
    Public Works Association, Public Administration Service, Chicago, IL.

  2. Anonymous, “A Study of the Composting of Garbage and Other Solid
    Organic Wastes,” Interim Report #1, Michigan State University, East
    Lansing, MI.

  3. Cardenas, R.C. and L.K. Wang, “Composting Process,” Handbook of
    Environmental Engineering Vol. 2, The HUMANA PRESS, 1980.

  4. Croteau, G. and J. Alpert, “Low Tech Approaches to Composting
    Supermarket Organics,” BioCycle, May 1994.

  5. Frost, D.I., B.L. Toth and H.A.J. Hoitink, “Compost Stability,”
    BioCycle, November 1992.

  6. Diaz, L.F., G.M. Savage and C.G. Golueke, Resource Recovery from
    Municipal Solid Wastes, Vol. II, CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, FL, 1982.

  7. Golueke, C.G., “Bacteriology of Composting,” BioCycle, Jan. 1992.

  8. Anonymous, “MSW Composting Facilities, Oct. 1994,” Composting
    Council Fact Sheet, The Composting Council, a compost industry asso-
    ciation, Alexandria, VA, 1994.

  9. Personal communications.

  10. Kashmanian, R.M. and R.L. Spencer, “Cost Considerations of Munici-
    pal Solid Waste Compost Production Versus Market Price,” Compost
    Science & Utilization, Premiere Issue, 1993.

  11. Alexander, R.A., “Standards and Guidelines for Compost Use,”
    BioCycle, Dec. 1994.

  12. Shiralipour, A., “Compost Effects on California Row Crops and Orna-
    mentals,” Proceedings of the Composting Council ’ s Fifth National
    Conference, Nov. 1994.

  13. Marugg, C., M.E., Grebus, R.C. Hansen, H.M. Keener and H.A.J.
    Hoitink, “A Kinetic Model of the Yard Waste Composting Process,”
    Compost Science & Utilization, Premier Issue, 1993.

  14. Ciavattaa, C., M. Govi and P. Sequi, “Characterization of Compost
    Produced with Municipal Solid Waste: An Italian Approach,” Compost
    Science & Utilization, Premier Issue, 1993.

  15. Whang, D.S. and G.F. Meenaghan, “Kinetic Model of Composting Pro-
    cess,” Compost Science/Land Utilization, Vol 21: 3.

  16. Hoitink, H.A.J. and M.E. Grebus, “Nurseries Find New Value in
    Composted Products,” BioCycle, May, 1994.

  17. Holusha, D.J., “Marking Compost Double as Pesticide,” NY Times,
    February 27, 1994.


CONSERVATION: see ENERGY SOURCES—ALTERNATIVES



  1. Hoitink, H.A.J., M.J. Boehm and Y. Hadar, “Mechanisms of Suppres-
    sion of Soilborne Plant Pathogens in Compost Amended Substrates,”
    Science and Engineering of Composting, Renaissance Publications,
    Worthington, OH, 1994.

  2. Logsdon, G., “Plant Protection Through Compost,” BioCycle, January,
    1990.

  3. Cole, M.A., X. Liu and L. Zhang, “Compost Accelerated Degradation
    of Pesticides in Contaminated Soil,” Poster Sessions of the Composting
    Council ’ s Fifth National Conference, Nov. 1994.

  4. Dale, B.E., Composting for Remediation of Oil Field Wastes, submitted
    to Amoco Production Corporation, Sept. 1991.

  5. Golueke, C.G. and L.F. Diaz, “Biological Treatment for Hazardous
    Wastes,” BioCycle, Dec. 1989.

  6. Millner, P.D., D.A. Bassett and P.B. Marsh, “Dispersal of Aspergillus
    fumigatus from Sewage Sludge Compost Piles Subjected to Mechani-
    cal Agitation in Open Air,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology,
    May 1980.

  7. Toomey, W.A., Jr., “Confronting Health Concerns,” BioCycle, May 1994.

  8. Anonymous, “ Aspergillus Fumigatus & Composting,” Composting
    Council Fact Sheet #5, The Composting Council, Alexandria, V.A.

  9. Williams, T.O., “Odors and VOC Emissions Control Methods,” Bio-
    Cycle, May 1995.

  10. Maynard, A., “Growth of Plants and Leaching of Nitrate from
    Compost-Amended Plots,” Research Symposium of the Composting
    Council ’ s Fourth National Conference, Nov. 1994.

  11. Michel, F., “Fate of Certain Lawn Care Pesticides During Yard Waste
    Composting, Research Symposium of the Composting Council ’ s Fourth
    National Conference, Nov. 1994.

  12. Breslin, V.T., “Use of MSW Compost in Commercial Sod Production,”
    BioCycle, May 1995.


JAMES K. MCCARTHY
Rutgers University

RAUL R. CARDENAS, J R.
City College of New York

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