Composting of vegetable waste through different composting techniques

Abstract

Vegetable waste with high moisture content and readily biodegradable nature is causing major environmental problems due to improper waste management practices in India So composting and vermicomposting could be considered the best alternative for the treatment of these organic fractions Therefore studies were carried out on the degradation of vegetable waste by adding cow dung saw dust and dry leaves during the 20 days of drum composting 30 days of pile composting and 45 days of vermicompo