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Hindi Research Article
Implementation of Bulking Agents in Composting: A Review
| Manish Batham*, Richa Gupta and Archana Tiwari | |
| School of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya (State Technological University), Airport Bypass Road, Bhopal–462033, Madhya Pradesh, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | Manish Batham School of Biotechnology Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya (State Technological University) Airport Bypass Road Bhopal–462033, India Tel: +919752953706 E-mail: manishbatham2@gmail.com, er.richagupta@gmail.com, anubiotech97@gmail.com |
| Received July 16, 2013; Accepted September 06, 2013; Published September 12, 2013 | |
| Citation: Batham M, Gupta R, Tiwari A (2013) Implementation of Bulking Agents in Composting: A Review. J Bioremed Biodeg 4:205. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000205 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Batham M, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
For many centuries bulking agents in composting has been used for better and improved compost production. In recent years bulking agents or bulking particles received much attention because of efficiency and usefulness in composting, pollution control and economically sound. The industrial and agricultural waste management problem is increasing very fast and composting using bulking agents can make more effective solution for this problem. This paper reviews information on the use of bulking agents in composting and addressing the efficiency and environmental concerns of composting. Different bulking agents and usefulness and efficiency in composting are also presented.
