KERALA ENVIRONMENT CONGRESS 2O14
Thumburmuzhy Model Aerobic Composting Technique
Thumburmuzhy Model Aerobic Composting Technique INTRODUCTION The usual livestock waste management systems like burial, incineration, land fill, anaerobic composting etc. often causes eco-damage basically polluting land, water and air affecting the carbon footprint. In a state like Kerala fragmented land holding poses an impasse in waste disposal. The callous ways in waste handling, increases the straying of dogs, smaller wild carnivores, birds and pathogenic fauna. Usual waste disposal systems adopted are incineration, burial, landfill, biogas plants and composting. Due to the fragmented land holdings and Monsoon climate the waste generated becomes an ecological problem. The waste often lands up in public roads, rivers, water bodies and abandoned lands .Pollution of land, water and air along with the indirect proliferation of stray animals, birds and pathogens affects the public health. Compared to the existing modalities of waste management the aerobic system is an eco-f...
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