Compost Manure Production from Food Waste at Worker Colony of Adyar Camp Chennai

Each year, nearly one third of all food produced globally get wasted. When we waste food, essentially throw away the water used to grow it, the energy needed to process it, and the labor that goes in to harvesting and distributing it. What if food waste isn’t just a problem- but a solution? A recent study featured in Anthropocene Magazine explores how diverting food waste from the landfills to processes like composting, renewable energy generation, animal feed production can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By remaining our food waste strategies. As sustainability becomes a global imperative, the efficient treatment and reuse of organic waste emerging as a critical solution for reducing land fill burden, cutting emissions, and generating renewable energy. Organic waste- from food scraps and agricultural residues to biodegradable industrial waste-is now being transformed into valuable resources such as biogas, compost, and organic fertilizers. Governments, municipalities, and industries are embracing circular economy practices to unlock the hidden value in this waste stream. Rising focus on zero-waste and circular economy models expansion of anaerobic digestion and composting facilities, Supportive policies for waste to energy projects. Increasing awareness about sustainable agriculture and soil health. As in our construction project many workers are migrating for work at metro cities and as parent contractor we are arranging the accommodation in the city but major issue comes in accommodation of food waste the municipality takes the food waste but as worker mentality the waste is not segregated, hence to resolve the problem of food waste we have done a pilot project of generating organic waste compost(OWC)by tumbler method where a small unit of manure generation was developed where the food waste with mixture of saw dust, compost manure was generated and this compost manure was used for plantation purpose by the municipal gardens. Vegetable waste with high moisture content and readily biodegradable nature is causing major environmental problems due to improper waste management practices in India. So, composting and vermicomposting could be considered the best alternative for the treatment of these organic fractions. Therefore, studies were carried out on the degradation of vegetable waste by adding cow dung, saw dust and dry leaves during the 20 days of tumbler composting.