Environmental waste management strategies and vermi transformation for sustainable development

The world population is increasing at an alarming rate and tremendous quantity of waste is getting produced due to urbanization, industrialization, increase in human population, and various anthropogenic activities that cause serious problems of disposal and management. In developing countries, the most common practice of waste processing and management includes (i) land-filling (ii) incineration (iii) unscientific dumping, and (iv) vermi-composting. The first three methods have one or another drawback including, contamination of soil and groundwater, environmental pollution by burning biomass, and impacting human health and hygiene of the environment. One of the safest methods for managing organic waste is…