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8/3/2019 Kitchen Waste Composting
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Kitchen Waste Composting
Case Study
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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
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Composting Process STEP 2
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
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Composting Process STEP 3
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
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Composting Process STEP 4
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
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Composting Process STEP 5
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
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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