Composting bin can be made at home from old plastic buckets, barrels by poking holes on them for aeration or one can purchase the ready made composting bins.
All types of kitchen organic wastes can be dumped for composting into the bin.
Carbon and Nitrogen ratio should be 25:1 in degrading the waste. If the waste contains more Nitrogen than Carbon then it can be balanced by adding rice husk, ash, saw dust etc. Water content of the waste in composting bin should be about 50-60%.
Aeration is another important factor to compost, therefore, the dumped waste in the bin needs to be stirred periodically (at least once a week). If there is not enough aeration then waste will start smelling.
To activate the composting process faster Effective Micro-organisms (E.M.) can be added. This process will produce the compost within one and a half to two months period.
This will give us free compost and help stop throwing the garbage out.
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