ICAR-CIRCOT Campaign on Generation of Wealth from Waste on the occasion of Swachh Bharat Mission.

On the occasion of Swachh Bharat Mission, ICAR-CIRCOT organized a campaign to create awareness about generation of wealth from waste by aerobic composting, among the staff members, on 20th December 2022. Two aerobic composting bins are being maintained at the Institute for more than a period of four years.

The wet waste for the compost is collected from the kitchen of Institute’s canteen and dry waste from the surrounding. Both the wastes are added into the aerobic compost bin and required microbial inoculum is added and mixed thoroughly. In addition, the earlier produced compost was used to plant new saplings at the hands of Dr. S. K. Shukla, Director and other officials. Also, awareness was created among the staff members regarding the benefits of aerobic composting of solid wastes and segregation of wet and dry wastes at the source.