Bioremediation Of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil Using Selected Organic Wastes

ABSTRACT Contamination of existing and potential agricultural lands is a major problem associated with the processing and distribution of crude and refined petroleum products in many oil producing countries like Nigeria. Hydrocarbon contaminants in soil are potentially phytotoxic to plants and interfere with plant establishment and growth as well as other land uses. The problems of pollution have led to the exploration of many remedial approaches to effect the clean-up of the polluted soils. The specific objectives of the study are; to apply food waste, palm oil mill sludge and poultry droppi…