Community Compost Hub for Organic Waste Reduction and Value Creation
Faculty of Economics at Sriracha , Sriracha Campus
Details
The university and local municipality jointly established a central composting hub to handle organic waste from canteens, kitchens, and markets, using both turned windrows and rotary drum systems suitable for daily waste volumes. Source separation protocols were designed for ease and strict quality control, ensuring cleaner inputs and faster composting. The hub also integrated odor control and leachate treatment to prevent community impacts.
Activities included training volunteers and canteen staff on separation and weighing, demonstrating weekly-turned windrows, and deploying rotary drums reducing composting cycles to 45 days. Students conducted research on waste reduction rates, moisture, and temperature profiles, along with nutrient analysis of finished compost for landscaping and organic farming use.
First-year outcomes showed organic waste landfilled reduced by over 120 tons annually, while high-quality compost was utilized on campus farms and sold affordably to local growers. The project clearly supports SDG 12 and SDG 15 by fostering resource circulation and ecological benefits.
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