Abstract

TO ANALYZE WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE BY MAKING COMPOST PIT FOR AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES

Dr. Neelam Tripathi and Dr. Rekhani Jyoti Pal*

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Abstract

The quantity of waste adding to the mainstream can be simply reduced by home composting. This research was focused on the understanding of the effectiveness of the household composting waste as a waste management technique for household garbage. It has been reported that agricultural production in India leads to the generation of the high volume of agriculture residue, which in turn results in large land accumulation. In addition, the dependency of farmers on chemical fertilizers depletes the soil quality and causes severe health effects on humans and animals. Therefore, in order to overcome these problems, it was thought to develop a farmer-friendly composting process for which a rapid composting pit was developed. In this study compost prepared in two pits by using different feeding materials were tested and analyzed for different parameters (such as colour, moisture content, temperature, ash content, phosphorous, C/N ratio, lignin). It was found that the compost formed in both the pits were rich in macro as well as micro nutrients and it proved to be a good soil conditioner.

Keywords: Waste management, composting pit, organic content, vermicomposting.