Recycling kitchen garbage
Dhaka city households produce tons of garbage every day from the kitchen. This kitchen garbage could be turned into precious compost to raise flowers, fruits and vegetables in the home yard and on the rooftop. The city corporation could supply each family with two plastic bins to put their fish and meat trimmings, fruits & vegetable wastes in one plastic bin and other wastes in the second bin. Compost is made by digging a big pit in a waste land and layering the kitchen wastes in one layer and covering that with a thin layer of dirt. Continue layering kitchen waste followed by a thin layer of soil until the dug pit is completely filled with several layers of alternate layers of kitchen waste. Finally, cover the pit with straw so that it is not dried up by the hot sun. Periodically the compost pit should be watered to keep it moist. Millions of waste decomposing bacteria will turn the compost pit into a precious composted soil which could be sold to the interested public with a minimal price. This simple inexpensive compost making technology will solve a major garbage problem of the city and initiate a household green revolution. I have not seen anywhere in the country any good quality composted soil for home gardening. This simple agricultural technology would be a revolutionary step in home gardening.
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