Micro Composting Centre at Central Market

Budget : 400 Lakhs (4 Crore)

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

The Central vegetable market is situated in Ward 44 of Madurai City Municipal Corporation. 6-7 MT of bio degradable waste is collected on a daily basis from 1000-1200 shops in the market. Micro Composting Centre was set up by the corporation to facilitate decentralized processing of the organic waste collected from the market. The facility comprises waste receiving platform, secondary segregation arrangement with organic shredder, pits under steel trussed shed and storage room for manure packing. The wet waste collected from the vegetable market is shredded and mixed with a mix of effective microbial solution, rice husk and rice bran. The mixture is then poured into the pits on a thin layer of cow dung or matured compost. Waste is filled in the various pits following a particular sequence. After 42 days, the matured manure is dried, sieved and packed for distribution from each pit one by one. The leachate collected during the process is utilized for adding moisture to the compost pit. The manure is distributed free of cost to the local farmers and general public. Regular monitoring is done to maintain high-quality operation. Unsegregated waste is one of the prime challenges faced by the facility leading to inferior quality of compost. Management of odour is another challenge to be handled. Also, the capacity of the shredder needs to be increased to handle the quantum of waste collected per day from the market.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Ownership : Madurai City Municipal Corporation

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