Worm up our thinking

LET’S……….WORM UP

OUR THINKING

Vermicomposting of textile mill sludge with Perionyx excavatus: Evaluating its potential as an organic fertilizer.

SUBMITTED BY NGUYEN LE THANH – BTBTIU10112

SCHOOL OF BIOTECHNOLOGYINTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction1. Literature Review2. Objectives and Contributions

2. Materials and Methods1. Hypotheses2. Part 1 – Vermicomposting 3. Part 2 – Analysis

3. Data analysis4. Conclusion

1. INTRODUCTION

Textile mill

sludge

Vermi-compost

-ting

1.1 Literature Review

CompostedWater

Hyacinth

Perionyx excavatus

TEXTILE INDUSTRYTOTAL OVERTURN, 2012

17.2 billion USD Textile

mill sludge

1.1 Literature Review

MANAGE

Vermi-compost

-ting

1.1 Literature Review

C:N

CompostedWater

Hyacinth

1.1 Literature Review

Perionyx excavatus

30oC1.1 Literature Review

1.2 Objectives and Contributions

STUDY

ManageTextile Sludge

ReduceBio-hazards

Fertilizer

ENVIRONMENTAGRICULTURE

2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

2.1 Hypotheses

Perionyx excavatus Able to recycle textile mill sludge

CompostedWater

Hyacinth

Good source of nitrogen for vermicomposting

Endproduct Organic fertilizer for agriculture

2.2 Part 1 – Vermicomposting

Compost water

hyacinth

Culture earthworms

Feed with different

ratio treatments

Maintenance of

temperature and

moisture

Collecting end

products for analysis

Process