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The sudden increase in population growth rate in major cities and the recent changes in life style (consumerism) have resulted in a massive load of municipal solid waste. Managing this huge amount of waste imposes a heavy burden on municipalities’ shoulders. There are several options to Manage Solid waste, among them incineration and landfill are widely use in Managing municipal solid waste. Considering the fact that these two options are potentially hazardous to environment, high moisture content of municipal solid waste added, composting has become more trendy approach in last decades.Although composting is more environmentally friendly, it still needs the waste to be collected from all... 

With the increasing population and expanding urbanization and changing consumption patterns and relative prosperity increases, the amount of waste generated has increased significantly. So the municipal waste management as one of the challenges that lie ahead for municipal and state has become. Therefore, different approaches have been proposed to solve this problem. In the past government used landfill or incineration program for waste management. Given the risks to the environment and human health are two ways to create and large amount of biodegradable solid waste, composting seems to be good approach for waste management. With using the process on an industrial scale by municipalities,...