Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains

Adebayo, Opatokun and Kabbashi, Nassereldeen and Alam, Md. Zahangir and Salihu, Aliyu and Abass O., Alade and Tijani, I. R. D (2011) Composting of food and yard wastes by locally isolated fungal strains. In: The Second International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering ICBIOE'11.

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Abstract

Three lignocellulolytic isolates of filamentous fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium PC-13 (PC2094), Lentinus Tigrinus M609RQY (IMI 398363), Aspergilus niger and Penicillium spp. were used as inocula in combination with source separated organics (Food and Yard trimmings) from Institutional Solid Waste (ISW) to produce biofertilizer and stabilize wastes constituents. The results demonstrated that composting with sequential pure culture accelerates substrates decomposition and reduce the bulk volume. The moisture content was 64%, and the percentage C/N decreased ranged between 4.73 and 7.60% while the produced compost C/N ratio was 16%, indicating its viability for large-scale production since the acceptable range for efficient compost is between ˃12%. The 74% Total Organic Matter (TOM), 7.2 pH and 117% Germination Index (GI) further showed the potentials of the compost. Based on this, FW and YM showed an economic potential for sustainable production of compost using low technology.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	4286/2583
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lignocellulolytic, Composting, Fungi strain and biofertilizer
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA170 Environmental engineering. Sustainable engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Nassereldeen Kabbashi
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2011 16:36
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2011 15:45
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/2583

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