COMPOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, KANO: TOWARDS REDUCING MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS IN COMPOSTING INDUSTRIES

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Department of Environmental Design

ABSTRACT
Industrialization is a major process for economic development of any nation. The present economic situation has prompted the Federal government to seek for ways of diversifying the economic base, hence the emphasis on industrialization and agricultural development. A significant challenge confronting engineers, scientists and environmentalist in developing countries is the search for appropriate solutions to the collection, treatment, and disposal or reuse of domestic waste. Much of this waste ends up littering road sides, floating in lakes, and streams and collecting in ugly dumps. The magnitude of the problem demands a complex organizational set up to solve the problem. Waste recycling helps in reducing the waste by turning the waste materials into new useful materials. Organic matter which forms about 70% of the refuse can be processed into compost (organic fertilizer). The role of the architect here is to design a factory house the composting process. This proposed factory is expected to produce about 60,000 tones of compost fertilizer annually and will offer for sale its salvageable like scrap metals, glass, plastics, polythene bags and so on. Experience shows that the blending of good planning and maintenance, efficient construction and pleasant appearance, when applied to industrial buildings does produce happier and healthier working environment for the workers. A major challenge facing composting industries is maintenance problem. The main causative factors of maintenance problems in industries range from poor design details, services, poor construction materials to poor workmanship. However, evidence has shown that it is at the design stage that the burden of maintenance problems could be made for better or for worse. The idea here is to bring out a synthesized design that would invariably reduce maintenance problems. To carry the citizens along with the agricultural programs, there should be a ready market and a good one for that matter, for any agricultural product right where it is produced or where the potentials for producing them exist. This will help in stimulating the production, as well as serve as a dual purpose of industrial and agricultural developments.