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Biotransformation of flower waste composting: Optimization of waste combinations using response surface methodology

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Title Biotransformation of flower waste composting: Optimization of waste combinations using response surface methodology
 
Creator Sharma, Dayanand
Yadav, Kunwar D.
Kumar, Sunil
 
Subject Solid Waste Treatment & Disposal
 
Description Flower waste (FW) is disposed off in the rivers or mixed with solid waste for landfilling that pollutes the environment
and causes harmful effects on human health and aquatic life. It is rich in nutrient content and easily
converted into the compost. Therefore, the objective of the present research was to optimize the combinations of
flower waste and cow dung during agitated pile composting using response surface methodology. Thirteen
different agitated piles were used for composting using the central composite design. The optimum combination
from central composite design was 65 kg floral waste, 25 kg cattle dung and 10 kg sawdust having 7.10 pH,
3.31 mS cm−1 electrical conductivity, 32.98% total organic carbon and 14 Carbon to Nitrogen ratio during the
end phase of the composting period. The nutrient concentrations into the final compost were within the acceptable
limit and also found to be beneficial for the growth of plants.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/1157/1/1-s2.0-S0960852418312896-main.pdf
Sharma, Dayanand and Yadav, Kunwar D. and Kumar, Sunil (2018) Biotransformation of flower waste composting: Optimization of waste combinations using response surface methodology. Bioresource Technology, 270. pp. 198-207. ISSN 0960-8524, ESSN: 1873-2976
 
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