Effective Recycling of Flower Waste as Organic Manure

Flower waste is being one of the major organic solid wastes generated in temples, functions, festivals and ceremonies. With the emerging techniques in horticultural practices and with the increase of usage, flowers are cultivated in large scale, and hence waste is also released in an equal proportion. The flower wastes are discarded besides as dumps attracting flies and pathogenic organisms. Hence, the rotten and desiccated flowers are amounting to major health hazard and serious environmental pollution. So, safe and effective degradation to manage the flower waste dumps to value-added products is highly desirable. The development of bacterial consortium is one of the innovative and effective methods to degrade the flower waste. The current study is taken up to recycle the flower waste into organic manure which is most promising and potent alternative to chemical fertilizers for the sustainable development in agriculture.