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The Effect of Fermentation Time on Biocatalytic Activities of Eco Enzyme
Nurul Nabilah Binti Nor Azman
Supervisor: Dr. Nazaitulshila Bt Rasit
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Eco - enzyme or garbage enzyme is a complex solution produced by the fermentation
of fruit wastes, molasses and water at a ratio of 1:3:10. This procedure applied to
reduce the quantity of organic waste that cause the greenhouse effect from landfills.
The waste was collected from pre - consumer which consists of orange, pineapple,
tomato and mango dregs. In this study, the fermentation time of bio catalytic activities
of the eco - enzymatic was investigated. This enzyme possessed amylase, lipase and
protease activities. The activities for each enzyme increase after three months
fermentation. The percentage of chemical oxygen demand (COD) for this enzyme
decreases after 3 months fermentation process and continue decreasing after
undergoing 5 months fermentation process. This condition of enzyme activities proves
that the longer the enzyme was kept, the effectiveness of enzyme increased such as
for further wastewater pre - treatment.
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