Table A1.
Changes in relative humidity (mean ± SE %) and ambient temperature readings (mean ± SE °C) during the composting of raw vegetable wastes over a 12-week period of composting.
| Relative Humidity | Ambient Temperature | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon |
| 1 | 50.2 ± 3.5 | 52.84 ± 5.1 | 30.52 ± 3.6 | 31.16 ± 4.7 |
| 2 | 54.42 ± 1 | 57.1 ± 1.7 | 25.04 ± 1.0 | 24.18 ± 1.9 |
| 3 | 55.54 ± 4.9 | 53.96 ± 2.7 | 24.66 ± 0.9 | 23.12 ± 0.4 |
| 4 | 60.76 ± 2.7 | 56.16 ± 3.0 | 26.26 ± 1 | 26.32 ± 1.3 |
| 5 | 59.4 ± 3.1 | 56.32 ± 5.7 | 25.68 ± 0.7 | 24.78 ± 0.6 |
| 6 | 63.3 ± 2.6 | 66.04 ± 3.4 | 28.08 ± 1.4 | 26.34 ±1.2 |
| 7 | 53.36 ± 1.5 | 51.6 ± 2.4 | 28.1 ± 0.6 | 29.42 ±1.4 |
| 8 | 55.36 ± 2.0 | 53.74 ± 2.7 | 27.68 ± 0.6 | 26.62 ± 0.8 |
| 9 | 59.18 ± 3.6 | 60.02 ± 2.4 | 28.08 ± 1.6 | 27.68 ± 0.3 |
| 10 | 59.64 ± 0.3 | 57.06 ± 2 | 26.34 ± 0.6 | 27.76 ± 0.5 |
| 11 | 60.76 ± 2.7 | 56.06 ± 1.8 | 27.2 ± 1.0 | 28.26 ± 0.6 |
| 12 | 51.5 ± 1.4 | 47.74 ± 2.6 | 28.66 ± 0.6 | 27.18 ± 0.6 |