Spent Coffee Ground (SCG) is characterized by high organic content, in the form of insoluble polysaccharides bound and phenol compounds. Phenol compounds are toxic to nature and <span style="font-family:Verdan...Spent Coffee Ground (SCG) is characterized by high organic content, in the form of insoluble polysaccharides bound and phenol compounds. Phenol compounds are toxic to nature and <span style="font-family:Verdana;">are</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a cause of environmental pollution. Composting method of this study is aerobic static batch composting with temperature control with adding activators of some fungi such as </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aspergillus sp</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, and </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Penicillium sp. </span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The purpose of the research is to fill the research gap from previous studies of spent coffee grounds compost, which requires a long time in composting, so that if it is used directly on the soil and plants, the positive effect also requires a long time. The result of composting for 28 days with this method is that mature compost has black crumb and normal pH, with characteristics of C/N ratio below 10: C1 (7.06), C2 (6.99). This value is far from the control with a C/N ratio of 8.33. Decompose rate of macromolecule are above 40% for lignin and 70% for cellulose. Implementation of compost in radish plants, resulting Germination Index above 80% which indicates that the compost is ripe: control (92.39%), C1 (183.88%), C2 (191.86%). The results of the analysis with FTIR also showed that the compost was mature and stable, and rich in minerals. So, it can be concluded </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> this composting method can speed up composting time and optimize the results of compost produced.</span>展开更多
文摘Spent Coffee Ground (SCG) is characterized by high organic content, in the form of insoluble polysaccharides bound and phenol compounds. Phenol compounds are toxic to nature and <span style="font-family:Verdana;">are</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a cause of environmental pollution. Composting method of this study is aerobic static batch composting with temperature control with adding activators of some fungi such as </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aspergillus sp</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, and </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Penicillium sp. </span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The purpose of the research is to fill the research gap from previous studies of spent coffee grounds compost, which requires a long time in composting, so that if it is used directly on the soil and plants, the positive effect also requires a long time. The result of composting for 28 days with this method is that mature compost has black crumb and normal pH, with characteristics of C/N ratio below 10: C1 (7.06), C2 (6.99). This value is far from the control with a C/N ratio of 8.33. Decompose rate of macromolecule are above 40% for lignin and 70% for cellulose. Implementation of compost in radish plants, resulting Germination Index above 80% which indicates that the compost is ripe: control (92.39%), C1 (183.88%), C2 (191.86%). The results of the analysis with FTIR also showed that the compost was mature and stable, and rich in minerals. So, it can be concluded </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> this composting method can speed up composting time and optimize the results of compost produced.</span>