10.30486/ijrowa.2020.1898218.1062

Characteristics of co-composts produced from raw faecal sludge and organic market waste in Osun state, southwest Nigeria

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  • Olufemi O Aluko*1,
  • Elizabeth O Oloruntoba1,
  • Godson R.E.E Ana1,
  • Taiwo B Hammed2,
  • Olusegun T Afolabi2,
  1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  2. Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Received: 2020-05-08

Accepted: 2020-08-07

Published in Issue 2020-12-20

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Aluko, O. O., Oloruntoba, E. O., Ana, G. R., Hammed, T. B., & T Afolabi, O. (2020). Characteristics of co-composts produced from raw faecal sludge and organic market waste in Osun state, southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.30486/ijrowa.2020.1898218.1062
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Abstract

Purpose Faecal sludge (FS) and organic market waste (MW) have resources that could be recovered by co-composting though not fully explored under changing climatic conditions in Nigeria. This study explored the characteristics and nutrient quality of co-composts produced from pre-treated FS and MW feedstocks in Nigeria.
Methods The study was exploratory and analytical in design and co-composting was purposively selected for resource-recovery. The raw faecal sludge (FS) was harvested from septic tanks of households (50%) and institutions (50%) through mechanical evacuation service trucks and dewatered using 0.1% gradient sand filter. The biodegradable MW was sorted and used for further studies. The dewatered FS (DFS) and MW were mixed in ratios 1:3, 1:5 and 1:7, respectively with DFS and MW as controls. Each of the mixes was made into 1m3 heap and co-composted using the windrow method. The experiments were monitored for 88 days with fortnight composite sampling from each mix (13-weeks). The samples were analyzed for temperature, pH, moisture-contents, micronutrients, macronutrients and pollutants using Standard Methods.
Results At maturity, N:P:K (%) indicate good composts at 9: 5: 4, 18: 7: 19 and 3: 3: 1 in the 1: 3, 1: 5 and 1: 7 mixes, respectively, while those of controls were: 19:12:12 (DFS) and 17:14:11(MW) with no significant differences between experimental and control mixes. Also, four factors extracted (pollutants, agronomic, macronutrients and micronutrients), explained 78.2% variability.
Conclusion The matured co-compost satisfied nutrients and pollutants quality for agricultural use,   recovered organic fertiliser from raw domestic and institutional faecal sludge and market waste.

Keywords

  • Co-composting,
  • Dewatered faecal sludge,
  • Nigeria,
  • Organic Fertilizer,
  • Organic market waste,
  • Resource recovery
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