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Solid waste management is a critical issue for huge country like India. Even though several technologies have been developed and demonstrated, the collection to a centralized place makes the process not economical. The open dumping is the traditional method for the treatment of solid waste. The compost is the easiest method and produces value-added fertilizer. The main problem in the compost is the duration and thus occupies more volume. This paper analyzes the possibility of fast degradation of solid waste using the biodigester effluent as well as external microbes. The degradation kinetics of normal compost and the biodigester-treated compost has been evaluated and presented. The nutritional value of the final compost has been estimated and reported.
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Vimal Amaladoss, J., Sutharsan, M.K., Sunil Gowthamraj, S., Gowri Sankar, S., Humtsoe, N.Y., Kirubakaran, V. (2020). Enhancement of Compost Rate by Adding Microbes: A Comparative Study on Nutritional Values. In: Ghosh, S., Sen, R., Chanakya, H., Pariatamby, A. (eds) Bioresource Utilization and Bioprocess. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1607-8_21
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