Study of traditional market waste bioremediation in lowland city as materials for making compost and prospects of development

Compost is organic materials that have decomposed and is used as a plant fertilizer and soil conditioner. The principle technique of composting is to convert organic materials considered as waste to process such a way so that compatible to be used as media which functioning to loose soil and fertilizer plants. The study was conducted on a laboratory scale, composting the market's garbage in Makassar city using cow manure as the additional material and the addition of an effective microorganism (EM4) as an activator by using Takakura composter. This study seeks the effect of certain variables in strictly controlled conditions. The results show that the addition of effective EM4 affects the quality of the final compost which is relatively better than natural composting. Additional material variation is very influential to the quality of finished compost. The best quality compost contained in variation P2 containing vegetable waste and cow manure with C-organic of 20.39 %, N-total of 1.2 %, C/N ratio of 17:05, P-total of 1.98 % and K-total of 1:09 %. This composting method provides an opportunity to develop as a business, economic value generator and help the government in reducing waste generation.