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Cafeteria Food Waste Composting: Experimental Process Monitoring and
Quality Control
Suhair binti Omar
Supervisor: Dr. Nazaitulshila binti Rasit
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Food waste is a type of municipal solid waste that is largely generated per person
daily, however can be reduced through composting initiative. This study was done by
focusing on its aims to evaluate the physico-chemical and biological changes of
cafeteria food waste, and to evaluate the final compost product quality. The
composting process was conducted for eight weeks based on different percentage
ratio of food wastes(FW)to dry leaves(DL) in separated composter bins which was
either 40:60 or 60:40. The samples were collected every week and lab analysis was
done. The analysis parameters involved were such as colour (dark brown), odour
(earthy smell), carbon-to-nitrogen ratio(C:N