Production of organic substrates by means of domestic composting
Urban waste, organic matter, urban agriculture
The great majority of the organic waste generated in urban centers is destined as a refuse to landfills. There is also increasing food production in the urban environment. Composting is an alternative for the transformation of organic waste into inputs for plant production, but there are still few studies to determine specific protocols for composting in the domestic environment. The aim of this work is to characterize composting carried out in containment containers and associated with vermicomposting, aiming at the determination of protocols for the production of substrates for the cultivation of vegetables and / or aromatics in an urban environment. An experiment will be carried out to evaluate the effect of different raw materials on the composting efficiency associated with vermicomposting; another experiment aimed at evaluating the effect of the use of different containment containers on composting of grass shavings and a third experiment to evaluate the efficiency of the use of the compounds obtained in the previous experiments for the cultivation of vegetables and / or aromatics in urban environment. It is also intended to gather the knowledge obtained in a booklet to guide the realization of domestic composting.