A Review on Composting of Organic Solid Waste

Abstract

Solid waste generated in large quantity is creating major issue of solid waste management in many countries. The major portion of solid waste generated is dumped on land, creating an environmental problems like flooding, air, soil and water pollution and also has an impact on human health. A large amount of organic waste is present in solid waste generated. The organic waste content in solid waste can be converted into useful end product called as compost by processing the waste, which will help recycling and reduce load on landfill. In composting process, it reduces volume of waste and convert it to useful end product. Composting is one of the good options for treatment of organic waste at the point of generation and the process depends on many parameters like temperature, moisture content, pH, C/N ratio, etc. Numerous parameters can be used to regulate the rate of composting. The understanding of composting will help to treat organic waste in proper manner and will reduce environmental problems due to improper solid waste management. This review paper contains different method of composting such as aerobic and anaerobic composting and their types and the factors affecting for composting.