Generating rate of food waste in Korea is relatively high as 11,793ton/day corresponding 26.5% of municipal solid waste(USA 25%, England 19% and Germany 28%). Food waste is now separated from other solid wastes by solid waste management law and effort...
Generating rate of food waste in Korea is relatively high as 11,793ton/day corresponding 26.5% of municipal solid waste(USA 25%, England 19% and Germany 28%). Food waste is now separated from other solid wastes by solid waste management law and efforts of NGO. Thus, there is a need to develop effective and efficient technologies of food waste treatment. In this study, vermicomposting was applied to food waste mixed with sludges from a pulp and paper industry. Lumbricus rubellus grew and reproduced favorably in mixtures of organic sludge containing up to 70% of food waste. The casting was rich in nitrogen and phosphorus with 19.9 ~ 20.6 of C/N ratio.