RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTES INTO ORGANIC FERTILIZERS USING LOW COST TREATMENT: VERMICOMPOSTING

Increasing in the human population, urbanization and change in life style has increased the waste load and there by pollution loads on the urban environment to unmanageable and alarming proportions. The existing waste dumping sites are full beyond capacity and under unsanitary conditions leading to pollution of water sources and spreading communicable diseases, foul smell and odors, release of toxic metabolites, unaesthetic ambiance and eye sore etc. Vermcomposting is the better option to tackle with this problem