National Conference
Environment and Biodiversity of India 30th – 31st December 2011, New Delhi
[AB5] Physico - chemical and microbial aspects of municipal solid waste compost during composting process at Jhansi city, Uttar Pradesh, (India) AK Pathak1, MM Singh2 and V Kumar2 Institute of Environment and Development Studies 2 Department of Geology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P) E-mail: pathakawadhesh@gmail.com 1
ABSTRACT In the present study, we studied the physico-chemical and microbial populations during composting process of Municipal Solid Waste (viz. kitchen waste). The pH ranged between 7.1-8.5, organic matter 48%, moisture content maintained at 42-53% and temperature monitored daily, plant nutrients C - 32%, N - 0.04%, P - 0.002, Na - 4.9%, K - 0.37% ,succession of microbial populations during composting process was colonized in major proportion by bacteria (45.3%), actinomycetes (31.4 %) and in lower number by fungi (24.2%). A detail study was conducted to assess the feasibility of composting of source separated organic matter of municipal solid waste generated in low, middle and high income areas of Jhansi city Uttar Pradesh. Due to the complexity of substrates and intermediate products, physico-chemical properties, microbial diversity and the succession of populations is a prerequisite to ensure complete bio degradation. The Multiple Regression Analysis revealed that the environmental parameter which influence on the mentioned microbial groups was the temperature. Keywords: Municipal Solid Waste, Composting, Microbial Communities [AB6] Eco-fermentor: the new applicable design of eco-enzyme fermentor to optimize the productivity of eco-enzyme at the household level Ahmadun Slamet Sumardi and Yolanda Sylvia Prabekti Undergraduate School of Food Science and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia Email: is_ahmcutba@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Until now, waste is still being a classic and the most important problems in the environment. Cutting the waste distribution flow into the landfill waste is expected as an effective way in processing waste into a more useful product. Its effectiveness can be realized through the production of eco-enzyme. Eco-enzyme is the liquid produced from fermentation of the remaining vegetables and fruits with brown sugar as substrate and support by lactic acid bacteria. The advantage of eco-enzyme compared to compost is that eco-enzyme does not require extensive land for the fermentation process as in the composting process, even these products do not require a vessel composter with certain specifications. In addition, eco-enzyme has many benefits as can be used as a plant growth factor, a mixture of floor cleaning detergents, for cleaning residual pesticides, and also for cleaning the crust on the pipeline. Considering the advantages of ecoenzyme, it is needed to design a concept of sustainable equipment as fermentation container which also can be used to make the harvesting process easier, called eco-fermentor. This paper has objective to offer an alternative design of eco-fermentor as a fermentation container of ecoenzyme. The container is made from simple material that modified into more compatible form to be used as fermentation container. This container will utilize huge bucket former that is modified by adding vessel to bring the liquid out. After three months, the liquid form of eco-enzyme can be harvested. The solid materials will be remained on the top and the liquid remains under the solid materials. By using this container, the liquid will be easily harvested since we put the additional
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