Effect of Composting Site on Surrounding Soils and Vegetation

Mahmoona Ashraf, Shanza Ashraf, Abaid Ullah, Sajjad Ahmad and Samia Ashraf

International Journal of Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 04, 9-16

Abstract: Composting is regarded as profitable and ecological way to lessen the biodegradable waste dumping in landfills.. In this study, the effects of pit (1 cu yd) composting at Composting Site of CEES, PU on properties of adjoining soil, guava (Psidiumguajava) and Kachnar (Bauhiniavariegata) trees; assessed on the basis of selected soil properties and morphological features of trees. The results showed that the compost prepared by pit composting at the composting site had following properties: bulk density 0.75±0.06g/cm3, water holding capacity 38.67±7.72 %, pH 8.49± 0.31 and electrical conductivity 1.43±0.58, total Kjeldahl nitrogen 3.18±0.99, total organic carbon 0.39±0.12, organic matter 0.67± 0.06, calcium 1.04± 0.31, sodium 0.25±0.15, and potassium 130.11±6.94. All the quality parameters of compost were in the typical range of standard set by U.S Composting Council. The soil in the adjoining areas of composting site showed significant improvement in the quality than soils located far away from the composting time. It was mainly because of flow of runoff from pit composting site, as well as, due to lateral flow of compost tea from the compost pit to the surrounding soils. Both guava and kachnar trees showed highly significant increase in plant growth as compared to similar trees growing at soils far away from the composting site.

Keywords: Landfills; Pit Compositing; Lateral Flow; Growth; Biodegradable; Dumping; Morphological (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.ijsciences.com/pub/article/2422 (text/html)
https://www.ijsciences.com/pub/pdf/V102021042422.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:adm:journl:v:10:y:2021:i:4:p:9-16

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.ijsciences.com/payment_guide.php

DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.2422

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Sciences from Office ijSciences Alkhaer Publications Manchester M8 8XG England.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Staff ijSciences ().