Efficiency and Satisfaction of Small Household Compost Bin for Organic and Food Waste
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https://doi.org/10.14456/jare-mju.2024.35Keywords:
compost bin, organic and food waste, soil amendmentsAbstract
The objective of this research was to develop a small household compost bin for organic and food waste, to study its efficiency and the satisfaction of compost bin users. The study was divided into three treatments; T1) without core ventilation pipe compost bins, 2) core ventilation pipe compost bins and T3) core ventilation pipe compost bins and 10% immobilized microorganisms. The fermentation materials include vegetable waste, fruit waste, rice, and dried leaves in the ratio of 1:1:1:1 by weight with an initial C/N ratio of 48 were investigated. One kilogram of material was added continuously for a period of 15 days, stopped feeding for 15 days, and then started the process one more. The results showed that temperature in all treatments were not different while the pH and EC were statistically different at the 95% confidence level. After the end of the experiment, the properties of soil amendments of T3 were better than the other treatments with pH, EC and C/N at 7.2, 1.2260 dS/cm, and 18, respectively. In addition, the fermented water showed the highest humic acid content of 1.1%. The T3 condition that consisted of core ventilation pipe bin and 10% immobilized microorganisms were tested back to a sample of 10 households. After 2 months of using, the users assessed their satisfactions through questionnaires. The overall satisfaction of compost bin was 4.5±0.8.
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