가정에서 발생되는 퇴비화 가능한 폐기물 중 종이류 및 골판지 등을 제외한 것을 퇴비화 용기에 투입하기 전에 주방용 야채 분쇄기로 잘게 분쇄한 것(Case III)과 가정에서 비용을 들이지 않고 간단하게 실행할 수 있는 방법인 손으로 대충 찢는 것(Case II)으로 퇴비화하면서 분해율과 생산된 퇴비의 이${cdot}$화학성을 조사하였다. 퇴비화과정 중 퇴비화용기의 습윤 및 건조 상태 잔류 퇴비화물질의 양에 대한 회귀직선식들은 각각 $R^2$ 값이 0.95 및 0.90 이상으로 이들 식들을 이용한 잔류 퇴비화물질의 양에 대한 예측이 가능하였다. 하루 전체 퇴비화물질의 무게 감소율은 Case II와 III의 경우 각각 6.82% 및 6.93%이었으나 투입된 퇴비화 가능한 가정 폐기물만에 대한 하루 무게 감소율은 56.43% 및 53.30%로 하루 전체 퇴비화물질의 무게 감소율보다 대단히 높았다. 하루 전체 퇴비화물질의 분해 율은 Case II와 III의 경우 각각 8.81% 및 7.70%이었으나 투입된 퇴비화 가능한 가정 폐기물만에 대한 하루 분해율은 각각 19.26% 및 22.95%로 주방용 야채 분쇄기로 거의 죽 상태로 분쇄하였을 경우(Case III) 분해율이 약간 높았다. 생산된 퇴비 중 이${cdot}$화학적 특성은 Case II와 III의 경우 예상된 바와 같이 큰 차이는 없었다.
Compostable household wastes(mainly food wastes), after waste papers and cardboard being removed, were daily fed into small bins and mixed thoroughly while the air was supplied into the bin. Three small bins were employed: in case I, only recycled compost was composted, after being once fed at the beginning of composting, in case II, compostable household wastes(less than 50 mm) torn roughly by the hands with recycled compost, and in case III, compostable household wastes(less than 2 mm) ground by a kitchen mixer for vegetables with recycled compost. The straight-line was maintained between the wet or the dry residual mass of composting mixture versus composting time date(the coefficient of determination $R^2{geq}0.98$ for the wet and $R^2{geq}0.90$ for the dry). The decomposition rate of each composted material was estimated during composting. The total weight reduction rate after 30 days was 67.86% and 66.14% for case II and III, respectively. For case II, the daily weight reduction 6.82% and the daily decomposition rate 8.81% with the composting mixture, but the daily weight reduction rate was 56.43% and the daily decomposition rate 19.26% with only compostable household wastes. For case III, the daily reduction rate was 6.93% and the daily decomposition rate 7.70% with the composting mixture, but the daily weight reduction rate was 53.30% and the daily decomposition rate 22.95% with only compostable household wastes. The physicochemical characteristics of composting mixture did not show much difference between case II and III as was expected.
