Mangalore, Aug 26: Yenepoya University Environment Cell has developed a Vermicompost Unit' in the college premises at Deralakatte, as a form of garbage management system and converting waste into compost.
With a goal to reduce the waste generated in the university campus, Yenepoya University has taken a unique step by starting a vermi-technology programme towards management of waste. The aim of the project is to produce vermi-compost and vermiwash from the garbage and use them as bio-fertilisers to enhance plant production in the campus, he said.
He said that the vermicompost unit would be inaugurated at the college campus in Deralakatte on Wednesday. Such a unique vermicompost unit has been constructed for the first time in an institution in the coastal region, he said.
The unit will be inaugurated by Environmental Officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Rajashekhar Puranik at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday. Vice Chancellor of Yenepoya University Dr P Chandramohan will preside over the programme, he said.
Director of the environment cell Prof K Jayarajan said that earthworms were used vermicomposting, to process organic waste into compost of high quality. The vermicompost unit in the university campus is sufficiently large with all facilities necessary for vermicomposting. There are six vermi-bins constructed with a capacity of processing garbage load of 750 kg – 1 ton at a time, he said.
Dr Hareesh Joshy and others were present in the press conference.
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