Composting of Municipal Solid Waste to Enhance the Fertility of Soil

Abstract

Composting has been used as a method of utilisation organic matter into the soil to boost soil structure and fertility. The composting method has received abundant attention in recent years due to pollution issues and also the seek for environmentally sound strategies for treating waste. Waste volumes still rise, that ends up in loss of resources and inflated environmental risks. Open selling and landfill could be a major technique for waste disposal, the Land filling of perishable waste is well-tried to contribute to environmental degradation, chiefly through the assembly of extremely polluting leachate and gas gas .Composting aims to stabilization of waste for land filling , volume and mass reduction of solid waste and come back of organic substances to the natural cycle . The aim of this project is to arrange the compost with the assistance of MSW to increasing the fertility of various sorts of soil.

Keywords— Composting, Soil , MSW, Biodegradable, Environment, Fertility