2. Material and methods
2.1. Collection of raw vegetable market waste
The raw green vegetable market wastes (VMWs) were collected
mainly from the city vegetable markets, directly from farmer’s
fields where they used to throw away cauliflower/cabbage stem
and leaves and vegetable processing industries. Nearly eight tonnes
of the raw green vegetable market wastes (VMWs) were collected
from different places. Depending upon season, there were fluctuations
in the quantity and nature of waste generated daily from the
vegetable market. Four different types of vegetable waste materials
available during the period of experimentation were collected
namely cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)/cabbage leaves (Brassica
oleracea capitata), coriander stalks and leaves (Coriandrum sativum),
field beans (Dolichos lablab) and green pea pods (Pisum
sativum) and their conditions at the time of collection are given in
Table 1.
Segregation Drying
Briquetting
Power Cookstove
Generation
Collection