BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I11234,
     title={Waste Composting a Sustainable Practice},
     author={Pradip Baishya, Dimbendra Kr. Mahanta and Shanjenbam Brojendro Singh},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={11},
     pages={537--543},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I11234.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Rapid and unplanned urbanization in most cities of India has progressively increased the problem of managing municipal waste in the past few years. With insufficient infrastructure and funds, municipalities in most cities are struggling to cope with the pace of waste generated. Open dumping and burning of waste is widely in practice as a cheaper option leading to high pollution levels. Scientific disposal of waste in a large scale with the elements of segregation, composting, recycling, landfill and incineration are hardly practiced. In an effort to finding affordable and simple solutions to address this burning issue of waste disposal, a pilot scale study was conducted focusing on segregation methodology leading to zero waste community. A resident colony in the city of Guwahati has been chosen, which is seen as a typical representative of most cities in India in terms of size and key issues surrounding waste management. Scientific management and disposal of waste on site is carried out from segregation to compositing. Identifying bottlenecks in the success of the model, data on efficient composting of the waste collected were part of the study. Similar satellite waste management plants could potentially be a solution to supplement the waste management system of municipalities of similar sized cities in India or South East Asia with similar issues surrounding waste disposal.

composting, incineration, landfill, recycling, segregation, zero waste