Remediation of soil polluted with spent oil using cow dung
Spent oil is any petroleum-based or synthetic oil that contain impurities or loss of
major properties thus affecting its unique purpose. In this study, we selected and contaminated
a site in Covenant University with spent oil. This site was amended with cow dung and studied
for 56 days. Spent oil contaminated soil without stimulation with cow dung served as the
control. This study was done...
Published at IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 331 (2019) 012058
Volume 331
Pages 1-11
Published in 2019
Nwinyi, Obinna C Akinmulewo, B. A
Nwinyi Obinna » Prof. Obinna is actively involved in bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants in the environment .His research focus is on studies of incidence of persistent organic pollutants within our environment (Soil and water). His studies hinges on the bacterial mechanisms utilized by bacterial species in degrading persistent organic pollutants within our tropical environment; assay of the... view full profile
