Conversion of Industrial Waste into Agro Wealth by Eisenia foetida
Author Affiliations
- 1DVR & DR. HS MIC College of Technology, Kanchikacherla, A.P., INDIA
Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 1, Issue (1), Pages 11-16, February,8 (2013)
Abstract
Organic waste is extensively increasing with increased human population, intensive agriculture and industrialization. The disposal of waste has become important for a healthy quality of environment. The conversion of waste into beneficial materials is an important aspect of resource through recycling and environmental cleaning. The recycling of wastes through vermi composting, reduces problems of disposal of wastes. From the present work with composting efficiency earthworms such as Eisenia foetida was selected for Sugar and Sago waste. This waste was mixed with dry cow dung in 1:1 ratio and applied a number of physico chemical parameters such as bulk density, moisture content, specific gravity etc., and analyzed in the worm treated and worm untreated substrate. The result shows the Sugar and Sago waste were converted into vermi compost by earthworm Eisenia foetida, is the best economic in waste conditions and compare to Sago press mud and sugar waste. It has the best composting efficiency and the composting time is also very fast.
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