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Greenhouse gas emission of organic waste composting: a case study of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia green campus flagship project

Kamyab, Hesam and Lim, Jeng Shiun and Khademi, Tayebeh and Wai, Shin Ho and Ahmad, Rahmalan and Hashim, Haslenda and Ho, Chin Siong and Keyvanfar, Ali and Chew, Tin Lee (2015) Greenhouse gas emission of organic waste composting: a case study of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia green campus flagship project. Jurnal Teknologi, 74 (4). pp. 113-117. ISSN 2180-3722

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v74.4618

Abstract

Waste generation nowadays is rising in the world and it seems hard to prevent it. Solid Waste Management (SWM) has been a major problem worldwide in most of the fast growing towns and cities among the developing countries all around the world. Food waste and green waste constitute high volumes of municipal solid waste (MSW). The application of compost in the agricultural sector can contribute to sustainable soil health and other co-benefits. The compost produced from biological waste does not contain any chemicals unfavorable to living soil. The objective of this research was to calculate the greenhouse gas emission from the compost processed from the food and green wastes generated on-campus in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as a pilot project. The result indicated that the composting process promotes the university as a green campus by converting organic wastes into valuable products such as organic fertilizer.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:compost, organic waste, green campus
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical Engineering
ID Code:55525
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:19 Sep 2016 04:11
Last Modified:01 Nov 2017 04:16

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