BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Comparison of Vermicompost with pit compost prepared from Municipal solid waste

  • Author:
  • B. L. Chavan1, I. R. Ustad1,2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 66 to 68

1Department of Environmental Science, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.

2Department of Zoology, Sir Sayyad College, Aurangabad.

Abstract

Vermi-compost has higher values of NPK as compared to open pit compost. The NPK contents in vermicompost were 1.66, 0.79 and 0.83% whereas these were 0.49, 0.21, and 0.41% in pit compost respectively.

Keywords

Earthworm, Municipal Solid Waste, Pit Compost, Nutrients