E. Lab trials with 25 kg kitchen wastes
The best 3 consortia (3, 5 and 12) were further selected for
large scale trial with 25 kg of kitchen wastes. Degradation of
the kitchen wastes were monitored by gradual decrease in the
volume for 30 days. All the 3 consortia showed more than
50% degradation in 21 days time while control with no
inoculation showed only 36 % degradation in same time.
Results in figure 4 suggest that the maximum reduction
observed was about 65% in consortia no. 12 and 55%
degradation was exhibited by consortia no.5. All the
experiments were carried out in duplicates.