Physico-chemical and biological changes during co-composting of model kitchen waste, rice bran and dried leaves with different microbial inoculants

• Main Authors: Fan, Yee Van, Lee, Chew Tin, Leow, Chee Woh, Chua, Lee Suan, Sarmidi, Mohamad Roji
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Analytical Sciences 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71350/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85003634491&doi=10.17576%2fmjas-2016-2006-25&partnerID=40&md5=f213eb197384b9b7e2b5caeade55e5d8
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Disposal of food waste either by land-filling or incineration will cause environmental pollution and engaged in high treatment cost. Composting can be a viable food waste management, however, less research works have focused on the degradation of small scale kitchen waste. In this study, co-composti...