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Easily segregable flower waste as mixed with municipal solid waste increases the waste handling issues. Flower waste has rich nutrient content and could produce good quality of compost. Present study is focused on flower waste composting in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Agitated pile composting method was used for aerobic composting, and closed air-tight containers of height 0.60 m and diameter 0.30 m were used as the reactor for the anaerobic decomposition of flower waste. Flower waste is mixed with cow dung and dry leaves into two combinations for aerobic and anaerobic composting. Temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total organic carbon, total nitrogen, C/N ratio, potassium, sodium, phosphorous were analyzed and studied for the effects on both methods during composting period. At the end of composting pH, EC (ms cm−1), total organic carbon (%), C/N ratio, sodium (g kg−1), potassium (g kg−1) were 8.32, 1.08, 39.14, 14, 3.11, and 15.21 for aerobic and 8.43, 1.1, 39.14, 17, 3.32, and 15.32 for anaerobic composting, respectively. The result shows that aerobic composting was efficient than anaerobic composting.
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Sharma, D., Vimal Raj, C., Yadav, K.D. (2019). Assessment of Maturity and Quality of Compost Through Evolution of Aerobic and Anaerobic Composting of Flower Waste. In: Ghosh, S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_46
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