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Composting Rubbish: Initial Study on UUM Collected Waste

Siti Nurhaliza Othman

College of Business, School of Technology Management and Logistic,
University Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
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ABSTRACT

Composting has been used as a mean of recycling organic matter back into the soil to improve soil structure and fertility. There is the need for a comprehensive infrastructure for reclaiming organic food and yard wastes at University Utara Malaysia. This paper reviewed information on the current composting practices for treating waste as a mean of addressing the environmental pollution concerns and a project which objective was to study the present state of the on-campus organic waste flows and to design a system to separate, collect, transport and compost this organic waste. This project aim to produce the initial model in UUM for waste composting at a larger scale.

Keywords
Composting, waste management, environmental pollution

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Solid waste generated in Malaysia constitutes of a large portion of organic material that can be readily composted. Composting which dispose off the organic material and at the same time producing usable compost as the end product is thought to be a good option for organic wastes disposal. Composting can reduce waste that UUM students throw away every day.

The project deliverable is a report describing the present state of the UUM’s organic waste flow, discussing various alternate solutions for the waste collection and composting subsystems and detailing a final solution. The objective of this project is to come out with a model of collecting and composting system for wastes produces in UUM. It also to reduce land filling, establish the costs and benefits of UUM waste composting, explore the use of various bulking agents and different compost recipes, provide opportunities for compost and composting related education and research and helps evaluate whether or

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