The temperature pattern
showed that there is a rapid progress from the initial
mesophilic phase to the thermophilic phase for both these
treatments, which points to a high proportion of readily
degradable substances, e.g. vegetables and fruits (contained
in a green waste material). According to Haug [18],
the composting temperature has to be above 55°C for
three consecutive days to kill the pathogen. Although both
the compost pile treatments met the requirement, pile C1
has the longest period of time above 55°C, that is, for 6
consecutive days, while C2 only remained for three consecutive
days. Even though no microbial test was done on
the sample, it can be assumed that the compost treatment
with EM (C1) has high microbial activity compared to C2
based on the high temperature achieved.The declining TOC value, which was 49% for C1 and
36% for C2, is similar to that reported by Benito et al.
[19]. According to Tumuhairwe et al