Contents DECLARATION LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 1.3 OBJECTIVES 1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES 1.3.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.5 JUSTIFICATION CHAPTER TWO 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 ORGANIC WASTE 2.2 SOURCES OF ORGANIC WASTE 2.3 FORMS OF ORGANIC WASTE 2.4 CATEGORIES OF ORGANIC WASTE 2.5 COMPOSTING PROCESS 2.6 CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIA 2.5 USES OF ORGANIC WASTE CHAPTER THREE 3.0 MATERIALS AND MET...