Composting the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste and Fish Waste as Inoculum using Chrysomaya Megacepala

Abstract

The organic waste can be handled by the process of composting as it will produce a useful by-product at the end of the process. In the present study, the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and fish waste were mixed in ratios like 99:1, 98:2, 97:3, 96:4 and 95:5 respectively. These ratios were handled with 0.25g and 0.5g larvae of Chrysomaya megacepala until the pupae stage arrives. The ratio 96:4 of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste: Fish Waste could be taken as an optimum ratio by having the parameters under study. Carbon/Nitrogen ratio of the mix treated with 0.25g and 0.5g were found to be 26 and 19, the moisture content was 45% and 48%, total potassium was around 0.6 and 0.63 and total phosphorous was 0.69 and 0.7 respectively. This study aids to recognize the ability of Chrysomaya megacepala to handle the different combinations of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste and fish waste.