TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and development of indoor device for recycling of domestic vegetable scrap
AU - Harshitha, Jampala
AU - Krupanidhi, Sreerama
AU - Kumar, Sunil
AU - WONG, Jonathan W C
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Since the municipal waste management and community garbage-treating systems are in vogue, there is a growing need for the waste minimization to keep our vicinity clean and green. Therefore, a feasible indoor device is designed for recycling domestic vegetable scrap by adopting the principle of soil ecosystem. To arrive at the composting process control parameters in the proposed device, the soil from landfill and quarry along with supplements namely sawdust, cow dung/yeast and the resident thermophilic bacteria are analysed. The soil parameters namely pH, electrical conductivity, Organic carbon, P, K, Fe, moisture content and the presence of thermophilic bacteria varied significantly between negative control sample (NCS) and positive control sample (PCS) and post-treatment positive control group with dried cow dung (PPC-C)-derived compost is soft-textured and homogenous. Furthermore, the double-compartment-based device would be more feasible and appealing as a recycling bin rather than as a refuse storage bin primarily due to the inclusion of dish-plantation. The standardization of composting control parameters is discussed in this article.
AB - Since the municipal waste management and community garbage-treating systems are in vogue, there is a growing need for the waste minimization to keep our vicinity clean and green. Therefore, a feasible indoor device is designed for recycling domestic vegetable scrap by adopting the principle of soil ecosystem. To arrive at the composting process control parameters in the proposed device, the soil from landfill and quarry along with supplements namely sawdust, cow dung/yeast and the resident thermophilic bacteria are analysed. The soil parameters namely pH, electrical conductivity, Organic carbon, P, K, Fe, moisture content and the presence of thermophilic bacteria varied significantly between negative control sample (NCS) and positive control sample (PCS) and post-treatment positive control group with dried cow dung (PPC-C)-derived compost is soft-textured and homogenous. Furthermore, the double-compartment-based device would be more feasible and appealing as a recycling bin rather than as a refuse storage bin primarily due to the inclusion of dish-plantation. The standardization of composting control parameters is discussed in this article.
KW - chopped vegetable scrap
KW - conditioned soil
KW - indoor device
KW - recycle
KW - thermophilic bacteria
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U2 - 10.1080/09593330.2015.1069896
DO - 10.1080/09593330.2015.1069896
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26227261
AN - SCOPUS:84949724760
SN - 0959-3330
VL - 37
SP - 326
EP - 334
JO - Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)
JF - Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)
IS - 3
ER -