The organic waste stream is composed of waste of a biological origin suchas paper and cardboard, food, green and garden waste, animal waste andbiosolids and sludges. Organic waste is usually generated as a component ofmost waste streams. For information on the treatments for managing organicwastes click on the links to the right. Four significant components of thisorganic, biodegradable stream are from food preparation, agriculturalproduction, livestock manures, and municipal sewage sludge. Organic waste fromfood sources includes vegetables, fruits, grains, meats, fish, dairy products,etc., and constitutes some 18% of the typical municipal organic waste stream.An average of 1 kg per person per day of organic waste is produced, originatingfrom households, wholesalers & processors, restaurants, and institutions.Urban centers are the major generators of organic food waste. Agriculturalwaste includes waste made up of those materials such as manure and animaloutput, in either solid or liquid form from poultry or other livestockoperations. It also includes harvest remains from grain, oilseed, vegetable,and orchard crops.
Increase in biological waste has led to the increase in biological wastemanagement technology. Waste management is the collection, transport,processing or disposal, the book includes organic waste for biologicaltreatment, organic waste forms and treatment strategies, transformation ofliquid manure into a solid, modeling of agricultural waste treatments,utilization of Indian waste in livestock feeds etc. This book also explains thedifferent types of organic wastes like waste from tomato, jute, cotton,agro-industries, dehydration process of onion, piggeries, poultry, milk parloretc.
62 million tonnes of waste is generated annually in the country atpresent, out of which 5.6 million tonnes is plastic waste, 0.17 million tonnesis biomedical waste, hazardous waste generation is 7.90 million tonnes perannum and 15 lakh tones is e-waste.