ABSTRACT
Disposal of kitchen waste, which contains about 80% of moisture to the landfills, causes various problems like easy putrefaction, offensive odour and pollution of ground and surface water by leachate (Rogoshewski et al. 1983; Wang et al. 2001). Due to interruption of the carbon cycle by disposal of waste to landfills, organic kitchen waste requires proper composting system to reduce its uncontrolled degradation on disposal sites and subsequent greenhouse gases, odour and nutrient emissions (Luostarinen and Rintala 2007). In addition, kitchen waste may be wasted if it is just dumped to landfills as it will break up naturally and never be used directly again, having its nutritious matter lost within the waste. Therefore, a
kitchen waste composter was designed to allow the composting process to be conducted in a consistent manner.
