Cover page of the book  "How ro Compost Kitchen Waste in your garden" by Prof. R. Shanthini and Prof. K.S. Walgama; published in 2003

How to Compost

Kitchen Waste

in your garden

R. Shanthini  &  K.S. Walgama

ISBN: 955-8916-00-5

Price: Rs 125/=

Text copy right : R. Shanthini & K.S. Walgama, 2003

Publisher: Engineering Design Centre, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 

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Contact for further information and/or

consultation on household composting

(offered free-of-charge in view of the

well-being of Mother Nature):

 

Prof. R. Shanthini

(rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk)

or

Prof. K.S. Walgama

(kswalgama@pdn.ac.lk)

Phone: 081-2389655, 2393695, 2393344

Dedicated to the memory

of our grand parents who had a

 healthy respect for ants,

snakes, trees, water, waste

and earth.

Chapter 1: Where did my Grandmother’s kitchen waste go? Appeared in the EcoEng Newsletter, Dec 2003, No 8

Chapter 2: What you must know about turning waste into compost? Appeared in the EcoEng Newsletter, June 2004, No 9

Chapter 3: Barrel as a composting unit for your garden. Appeared in the EcoEng Newsletter, Dec 2004, No 10

Chapter 4: Aluminium composting unit for your garden. Appeared in the EcoEng Newsletter, Oct 2005, No 11

Chapter 5: Ferro-cement composting unit for your garden. Appeared in the EcoEng Newsletter, June 2006, No 12

Chapter 6: Frequently asked question on household composting. Will appear in the EcoEng Newsletter, Feb 2007, No 13

Research paper on household composting

 

Updated on January 01, 2007

Copyright © R. Shanthini, Dept. of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Email: rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk; Tel: +94- (0)81-2393695 (office); +94-(0)81-2389655 (home) Fax: +94-(0)81-2388158