Natural compost made easy

There is a growing movement towards creating the desire for zero waste societies. This movement aims at reducing the amount of vegetable wastage. This will not only reduce environmental impacts, but also build upon a more sustainable future. Composting is one strategy to achieve these goals. The purpose of this report is to outline the findings of a composting pilot project at Universal Business School (India-Karjat, Dist-Maharashtra). This project was implemented to quantify the amount of organic waste produced in UBS canteen and assess the impact of separating and treating this waste. The project also incorporated investigation of behavioural barriers to implementing organic waste recycling, analysis of the impact of treating commercial and college waste streams and comparison of treatment technologies. The study was conducted in 1 phases: to study the leachate characteristics of vegetable waste. The results showed that around 55-58% of volatile solids reductions was possible within four months of composting of vegetable waste. Odor is the one of the major problems during the initial stage of composting of vegetable waste.