Composting of Phumdi biomass using saw dust as bulking agent

Phumdis are removed from the Loktak Lake and disposed at the nearby available space and to the town (Moirang) which is very hazardous to the environment. Dumping of highly decomposable organic waste like phumdi in densely inhabited town Moirang and is very appalling act. From various studies its known that dumping of high organic waste in open area increases leachability leading to contamination of groundwater and greenhouse gas emissions. In present study, phumdi composting is done to minimize the phumdi disposal at open site, behaviour towards soil and effectiveness as a compost and promote the use of phumdi compost as an organic fertilizer. In order to meet the requirement of this studies a detailed literature review was carried out and laboratory experiments works were performed as well as on site plant studies were also conducted. Different combination of different materials was used for the composting process. From our findings the result shows addition of bulking agent enhances faster degradation process making the compost mature fastly and helps in reducing dumping at open site. Also composting can be the best alternative for utilization of this huge harvested green phumdi biomass and promoting the chemical free fertilizer.