1 Key Laboratory of Fertilization from Agricultural Wastes，Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs，Wuhan 430064，
Hubei，China；2 Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Fertilizer，Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Wuhan 430064，
Hubei，China；3 Institute of Economic Crops，Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Wuhan 430064，Hubei，China
This paper evaluated the vegetable waste resources of Hubei Province through literature
arrangement and data analysis；and studied the distribution characteristics．The results showed that the total
quantity of vegetable waste resources in 2017 was 2 060 000 t，including 1 640 000 t organic matter，51 200 t N，
27 900 t P，and 57 400 t K，accounting for 4.08% of the total quantity of chemical fertilizer in the province．
The vegetable waste resources quantity from Wuhan was the highest，accounting for 19.36% of the province．
The average quantity of vegetable waste resources from 17 cities of the province reached 1 666 kg·hm-2，among
them the average organic matter and total N，P，K nutrients quantities were 1 334 kg·hm-2 and 126 kg·hm-2，
respectively．Xiantao City and Southwestern Hubei had the lowest quantity of vegetable waste resources per
unit area，followed by the Southeastern and Northwestern Hubei．Vegetable waste distribution in central
part of Hubei，including the Jianghan Plain was the highest．There were 24 vegetable monitoring points and
averagely 42 200 t vegetable waste in Hubei Province．The vegetable waste quantities in Jiangxia，Huangpi，
Xinzhou Districts and Jiayu County were bigger．The average quantities of organic matter and N，P，K
nutrients reached 33 800 t and 3 180 t，respectively．The vegetable waste quantities per unit area in Zaoyang
City was the highest，and that in Xuan’en and Xianfeng Counties were lower among all cities and counties of
the province．There were big differences in vegetable waste quantity of different vegetable types-about 27 100-
473 200 t．Among them，quantity of root vegetables was the highest，followed by cabbage vegetables and
legumes.
