Solid Waste management by Degrading fungi
Namita Kumari and Surendra Kumar Prasad
Department of Botany, Magadha Mahila College, Patna-1 (India)
ABSTRACT
We witness a significant increase in day to day solid waste materials in all the areas. This is largely because of rapid population growth and economic development in the country. The per capita of municipal solid waste generated daily in India ranges from 100 gm. in small towns and 500 gm. in large towns. So solid waste management has become a major environmental issue today. It is well known fact that different mycoflora are very good decomposer. In our research project, we had identified the fungal population present in municipal waste soil of Patna. Fungal genera responsible for the degradation of so many vegetables and fruits had also been investigated. This gave a detailed microbial population present and responsible for the degradation of waste and its proper management.