Open AccessSOPs of MSW Composting process by Lahore compost Private Limited
Author(s) -
Shahid Raza,
Jalil Ahmad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of advances in scientific research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-3616
DOI - 10.7439/ijasr.v3i6.4190
Subject(s) - compost , municipal solid waste , waste management , drum , sorting , mechanical biological treatment , engineering , environmental science , waste collection , mathematics , mechanical engineering , algorithm
LCL is operating an aerobic composting plant at Lahore that has been purchased from and installed by the Menart Composting Company, Belgium. Since municipal solid waste (MSW) in Lahore is heterogeneous a screening drum (MTR 1850) installed to screen the waste before composting with additional possibility for hand-sorting of recyclables in a sorting belt. This Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) has been prepared for and adopted by the composting plant of the Lahore Compost Ltd (LCL). The SOP intends to ensure that LCL adopts the identified best practices in the plant, operates it through standard recommended procedures; and takes necessary corrective actions when required