title: Bioconversion of garden waste, kitchen waste and cow dung into value-added products using earthworm Eisenia fetida.
abstract: Solid waste management is a worldwide problem and it is becoming more and more complicated day by day due to rise in population, industrialization and changes in our life style. Transformation of industrial sludges into vermicompost is of double interest: on the one hand, a waste is converted into value added product, and, on the other, it controls a pollutant that is a consequence of increasing industrialization. Garden waste, kitchen waste and cow dung were subjected to recycle through vermicomposting by using the epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida under field conditions. The pH, moisture content, total organic carbon, humus, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium in vermicompost was analysed. It was found that moisture content, total organic carbon, humus, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium was high in cow dung, followed by kitchen waste and garden waste. This study clearly indicates that vermicomposting of garden waste, kitchen waste and cow dung can not only produce a value added produce (vermicomposting) but at the same time reduce the quantity of waste.
authors: Department of Environmental Science, ITM University, Gwalior 474 001, MP, India.
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Wani
authors: Mamta
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Rao
keywords: Management; Organic waste; Vermicompost
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