Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste
High amount of food waste produced has been an issue for the municipal solid waste management system in Malaysia especially when there is no more landfill to cover for all the wastes. Composting is one of the solutions to decrease the amount of waste discharged especially for food wastes. This study...
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| author | Nordin, Muhammad Fadzli Shafiq Abdullah, Shakila Khamidun, Mohd Hairul |
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| description | High amount of food waste produced has been an issue for the municipal solid waste management system in Malaysia especially when there is no more landfill to cover for all the wastes. Composting is one of the solutions to decrease the amount of waste discharged especially for food wastes. This study is conducted to evaluate the nutrients content (NH3-N, PO43-, Mg2+, Ca2+, Na+, and K+) and metals (Cu, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr, As). This includes the physicochemical parameters such as pH, colour, temperature, total suspended solid (TSS) and also radionuclide uranium. Heavy metals were detected using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and nutrients were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) and DR6000 Spectrophotometer (HACH). The result shows that most of the characteristics were in compliance with the standard discharge limit by Department of Environment (DOE). The high concentrations of nutrients can be potential for making it into organic fertilizer. |
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| spelling | uthm-30422022-01-03T03:34:48Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3042/ Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste Nordin, Muhammad Fadzli Shafiq Abdullah, Shakila Khamidun, Mohd Hairul TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD419-428 Water pollution High amount of food waste produced has been an issue for the municipal solid waste management system in Malaysia especially when there is no more landfill to cover for all the wastes. Composting is one of the solutions to decrease the amount of waste discharged especially for food wastes. This study is conducted to evaluate the nutrients content (NH3-N, PO43-, Mg2+, Ca2+, Na+, and K+) and metals (Cu, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr, As). This includes the physicochemical parameters such as pH, colour, temperature, total suspended solid (TSS) and also radionuclide uranium. Heavy metals were detected using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and nutrients were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) and DR6000 Spectrophotometer (HACH). The result shows that most of the characteristics were in compliance with the standard discharge limit by Department of Environment (DOE). The high concentrations of nutrients can be potential for making it into organic fertilizer. Penerbit UTHM Abdullah, Shakila Mohd Nor, Farhah Husna Othman, Siti Amira 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3042/1/Ch05.pdf Nordin, Muhammad Fadzli Shafiq and Abdullah, Shakila and Khamidun, Mohd Hairul (2020) Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste. In: Heavy Metals in the Environment and Life: Presence and Removal. Penerbit UTHM, pp. 47-58. ISBN 978-967-2916-35-2 |
| spellingShingle | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD419-428 Water pollution Nordin, Muhammad Fadzli Shafiq Abdullah, Shakila Khamidun, Mohd Hairul Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title | Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title_full | Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title_fullStr | Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title_short | Determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| title_sort | determinations of nutrients and metals content in composted liquid waste |
| topic | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD419-428 Water pollution |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3042/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3042/1/Ch05.pdf |