Table 2 The physical characteristics of compost treatments (MSW alone & with organic additives)
Treatments | Physical characteristics of the compost treatments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
T (°C) | MC (%) | BD (g/cm3) | EC (mS/cm) | |
T1 (control) | 32.0 ± 1.0a | 37.0 ± 1.1b | 0.61 ± 0.02c | 3.3 ± 0.3b |
T2 | 28.3 ± 1.2b | 45.1 ± 1.1a | 0.45 ± 0.03b | 4.4 ± 0.2a |
T3 | 28.7 ± 0.6b | 44.7 ± 0.6a | 0.44 ± 0.02b | 4.3 ± 0.2a |
T4 | 27.3 ± 0.6bc | 45.0 ± 0.9a | 0.43 ± 0.03b | 4.5 ± 0.3a |
T5 | 26.4 ± 1.0c | 45.5 ± 1.3a | 0.36 ± 0.04a | 4.6 ± 0.2a |
Overall mean | 28.6 ± 2.1 | 43.4 ± 3.4 | 0.48 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.5 |