landfarming

waste management

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hazardous waste disposal

  • radioactive waste
    In hazardous-waste management: Treatment

    …hazardous waste biologically is called landfarming. In this technique the waste is carefully mixed with surface soil on a suitable tract of land. Microbes that can metabolize the waste may be added, along with nutrients. In some cases a genetically engineered species of bacteria is used. Food or forage crops…

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