RECYCLING OF DISCARDED FABRICS TO DEVELOP BIO-FERTILIZER AND ITS EFFICACY ASSESSMENT
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Date
2018
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MPUAT, Udaipur
Abstract
Recycling of discarded fabrics to develop bio-fertilizer and its
efficacy assessment
Management of discarded fabric has become one of the problems we are facing today.
The huge amount of discarded fabric generated mostly by textile mills, manufacturing
units, boutique, tailor’s shop and household sectors. Considerable amount of discarded
fabric is dumped in open areas and incinerated after removing small percentage for
recycling and reuse. This accumulation of discarded fabric from all over the country
causes certain serious environmental problems and health hazards. Keeping this in view,
the present research was conducted in Udaipur city under the phased manner: Phase-I
(Survey): 20 tailor shops / boutiques were selected and questionnaire was designed to
find out and collect type of discarded fabric available. Discarded biodegradable fabrics
i.e. cotton and silk, available in high amount at tailor shops / boutiques and used for
development of bio-fertilizer. Under phase- II (Experimentation): Six treatments
(T1C1, T2C2, T3C3, T4S1, T5S2 and T6S3) were taken to standardize decomposing
technique for selected discarded fabrics and evaluation of the physico-chemical quality of
developed bio-fertilizer. Under this, significantly higher nutrient content and high rating
score obtained in standardized cotton bio-fertilizer T3C3 (1:10, discarded cotton fabric:
cow dung) and silk bio-fertilizer T5S2 (1:20, discarded silk fabric: cow dung). Eight
treatments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, and T8) were taken to study the efficacy of
developed bio-fertilizer on plant growth. T3C3 and T5S2 bio-fertilizer application gave
highest growth of marigold plant and the lowest growth was achieved in control and
while slightly lower in Farm Yard Manure (FYM) treatment. For phase III (Awareness
generation): 60 rural women were selected and designed pre-post test questionnaire was
used to find out the impact of training about developed technology. In pre test, MPSs of
the respondents ranged between 50 to 66.66 which indicates average knowledge and in
post test, 75 to 95.83 which indicates good to excellent knowledge about developed
technology. Hence, it can be concluded that ornamental plants grown using the biofertilizer
made from discarded cotton and silk fabric had very good growth rate. Rural
women gain good knowledge about developed bio-fertilizer technology.
Dr. Sudha Babel Mrs. Jaymala Dave
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Recycling of discarded fabrics to develop bio-fertilizer and its
efficacy assessment
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Dave, J. and Babel, S.