Question

What are Composting ? Explain its Process

Answer 1

Composting is an effective way of disposing of wet garbage from households and biomass wastes from gardens.
The processes involves in composting are :

• Vegetable peels, fruit peels, food-scraps, twigs, dry leaves, grass clippings can be dumped into a pit or a big bin.
• Then soil is spread over this pile.
• Earthworms can be introduced into the compost pit to decompose the organic matter which enrich the compost. This method is called vermi-composting.
• The soil microbes break down the organic matter.
• The compost obtained is rich organic manure for the plants in the garden.