{"title":"Vermicomposting of Textile Industries\u2019 Dyeing Sludge by Using Eisenia foetida","authors":"Kunwar D. Yadav, Dayanand Sharma","volume":131,"journal":"International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering","pagesStart":768,"pagesEnd":772,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10008175","abstract":"Surat City in India is famous for textile and dyeing industries which generate textile sludge in huge quantity. Textile sludge contains harmful chemicals which are poisonous and carcinogenic. The safe disposal and reuse of textile dyeing sludge are challenging for owner of textile industries and government of the state. The aim of present study was the vermicomposting of textile industries dyeing sludge with cow dung and <em>Eisenia foetida <\/em>as earthworm spices. The vermicompost reactor of 0.3 m<sup>3<\/sup> capacity was used for vermicomposting. Textile dyeing sludge was mixed with cow dung in different proportion, i.e., 0:100 (C1), 10:90 (C2), 20:80 (C3), 30:70 (C4). Vermicomposting duration was 120 days. All the combinations of the feed mixture, the pH was increased to a range 7.45-7.78, percentage of total organic carbon was decreased to a range of 31-33.3%, total nitrogen was decreased to a range of 1.15-1.32%, total phosphorus was increased in the range of 6.2-7.9 (g\/kg).","references":"[1]\tS. Gajalakshmi, E. Ramasamy, S. Abbasi, \u201cPotential of two epigeic and two anecic earthworm species in vermicomposting of water hyacinth,\u201d Bioresource technology, vol. 76, 2001, pp. 177-181.\r\n[2]\tS. Bansal, K. Kapoor, \"Vermicomposting of crop residues and cattle dung with Eisenia foetida,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 73, 2000, pp. 95-98.\r\n[3]\tR. K. Sinha, S. Herat, S. Agarwal, R. Asadi, E. Carretero, \u201cVermiculture and waste management: study of action of earthworms Elsinia foetida, Eudrilus euginae and Perionyx excavatus on biodegradation of some community wastes in India and Australia,\u201d The Environmentalist, vol. 22, 2002, pp. 261-268.\r\n[4]\tC. Elvira, L. Sampedro, E. Benitez, R. Nogales, \u201cVermicomposting of sludges from paper mill and dairy industries with Eisenia andrei: a pilot-scale study,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 63, 1998, pp. 205-11.\r\n[5]\tP. Kaushik, V. Garg, \u201cVermicomposting of mixed solid textile mill sludge and cow dung with the epigeic earthworm Eisenia foetida,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 90, 2003, pp. 311-316.\r\n[6]\tF. M. Rashad, W. D. Saleh, M. A. Moselhy, \u201cBioconversion of rice straw and certain agro-industrial wastes to amendments for organic farming systems: 1. Composting, quality, stability and maturity indices,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 101, 2010, pp. 5952-5960.\r\n[7]\tP. Sangwan, C. P. Kaushik, V. K. Garg, \u201cVermiconversion of industrial sludge for recycling the nutrients,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 99, 2008, pp. 8699-8704. Epub 2008\/05\/21.\r\n[8]\tA. Yadav, V. K. Garg, \u201cFeasibility of nutrient recovery from industrial sludge by vermicomposting technology,\u201d J Hazard Mater, vol. 168, 2009, pp. 262-268.\r\n[9]\tK. A. Wani, Mamta, R. J. Rao, \u201cBioconversion of garden waste, kitchen waste and cow dung into value-added products using earthworm Eisenia fetida,\u201d Saudi journal of biological sciences, vol. 20, 2013, pp. 149-54. Epub 2013\/08\/21.\r\n[10]\tK. D. Yadav, V. Tare, M. M. Ahammed, \u201cVermicomposting of source-separated human faeces for nutrient recycling,\u201d Waste manage, vol. 30, 2010, pp. 0-6.\r\n[11]\tA. S. Kalamdhad, Y. K. Singh, M. Ali, M. Khwairakpam, A. Kazmi, \u201cRotary drum composting of vegetable waste and tree leaves,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 100, 2009, pp. 6442-6450.\r\n[12]\tV. S. Varma, A. Kalamdhad, \u201cEvolution of chemical and biological characterization during thermophilic composting of vegetable waste using rotary drum composter,\u201d I. J.of Environ Sci and Technol, 2014, pp. 1-10.\r\n[13]\tM. Bustamante, C. Paredes, J. Morales, A. Mayoral, R. Moral, \u201cStudy of the composting process of winery and distillery wastes using multivariate techniques,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 100, 2009, pp. 4766-4772.\r\n[14]\tJ. Singh, A. S. Kalamdhad, \u201cEffect of lime on speciation of heavy metals during composting of water hyacinth,\u201d Front Environ Sci Eng, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 93-102.\r\n[15]\tJ. Singh, A. S. Kalamdhad, \u201cConcentration and speciation of heavy metals during water hyacinth composting,\u201d Bioresour Technol, vol. 124, 2012, pp. 169-79.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 131, 2017"}