STUDIES ON DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC FOOD WASTE, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, AND AGRICULTURE WASTE FROM KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIAPokharnikar N.B., A.S. Jadhav, Bhosale. P.R., Patil Y.Y. and Raut P.D.Abstract Present study deals with different types of organic waste samples collected from different areas of Kolhapur city such as food waste, agricultural waste and municipal waste. Different organic waste samples were degraded with increase in retention time from 1 to 50 days. The parameters like pH, EC, Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium were studied after every 10 days of interval. The results were interesting showing increased degradation activity by using microorganisms. It is also evident in the study that if less energy is available for growth of microorganism less microbial biomass is produced. The result suggests that food waste degradation shows decrease in nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous whereas organic carbon, organic matter was also decreased. Agriculture waste degradation shows organic carbon, organic matter, nitrogen decrease and increase in phosphorus, potassium. Municipal solid waste degradation shows decrease in nitrogen, phosphorus and slight increase in potassium and decrease in organic carbon and organic matter. |