SUITABILITY OF URBAN WASTE COMPOST FOR ORGANIC FARMING- A CASE STUDY OF PUNE CITY

Authors

  • V. U. Khanapure (Department of Civil Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune-07)
  • Aarti Ram Patil (Department of Civil Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune-07)

Keywords:

Urban waste compost, Heavy metals, Nutrient potential

Abstract

Municipal solid waste management has become a serious problem in urban areas and the major portion is organic matter. Almost 40-60% waste is organic waste. The objective of the study was to assess nutrient value and toxify the level of compost produced from 3 different location in Pune city. Samples have shown the increase in C: N ratio where as in Hadpsar location samples has less organic carbon than required. Whereas samples were not showed significant heavy metals concentration. Therefore, the study of MSW compost samples is important to know its suitability to use as organic fertilizer in a farming.

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Published

2021-02-26

Issue

2018: TDCME-2k18

Section

Articles

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SUITABILITY OF URBAN WASTE COMPOST FOR ORGANIC FARMING- A CASE STUDY OF PUNE CITY. (2021). JournalNX - A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal, 78-80. https://repo.journalnx.com/index.php/nx/article/view/2437