Kitchen Waste Composting

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Kitchen Waste Composting

Case Study



Composting Process STEP 1

Segregated kitchen waste being prepared for

composting process outside the composting shed.

Quick check is conducted to ensure that there is noplastic in the contents.

Society residents segregate kitchen waste in separate garbage bags. A garbage van picks up these bags daily and deposits the bags

outside the composting shed within the society premises.

Shed housing composting set up




Prepared mix is fed into the composting machine

with built-in shredder

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Segregated kitchen waste is mixed with odour control agent

Segregated kitchen waste is mixed with odour control agent and then fed into the composting machine. Composting crates, lined

on the insides with green garden cloth, are kept under the machine.

Composting crates are placed under the compostingmachine

Composting crates are lined with green gardencloth




Operator starts composting machine for shredding the

kitchen mix that has been prepared

The garbage is shredded by the composting machine and is collected in these crates as kitchen compost

Shredded compost mix is collected in the composting crates placed

under the machine




The shredded compost collected from the composting machine is arranged on racks. A record is maintained to track the order in

which the crates are kept on the rack on a daily basis. A motor, pump and a plastic drum containing water is set-up near each rack

for a water drip system. Each crate has a drip feeding water into the crate to keep the compost moist.

Compost crates are arranged on a metal

rack structure housing 50 trays (10 x 5)

Compost curing system - Motor, pump

and water drum for the drip system is

placed near each rack structure

Individual drip feed for each compost crate

Motor, pump and

water drum for the

drip system




The composting crates are kept in the rack for curing and is kept moist using the drip system for 10 days. On the 11th day, the

compost is fed back again into the composting machine for finer shredding and the compost is now ready for packing and

dispatch.

The composting tray kept moist for 10 days and shredded

again on the 11th day.Compost is ready for dispatch



Components required for composting set-up

1. Shed for housing composting set up3.Odour-control agent2. Segregated kitchen waste

4. Composting machine5. Composting trays lined with green garden

cloth (25 kgs. Holding capacity)5. Composting machine operator

5. Metal racks to store and line up

composting trays

6. Motor and pump for drip set-up 7. Drip set-up for each rack and every singlecomposting crate to keep compost moist

Kitchen Waste Composting

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