Abstract：Low efficiency and unreasonable utilization of vegetable wastes have became the bottleneck restricting the development of clean vegetable production. Composting is an efficient way which can turn vegetable wastes to innocuous resource. This paper summarizes the properties and characteristics of major vegetable wastes in China，and expounds the research progresses on composting treatment of vegetable wastes at home and abroad，including composting method，initial raw material preparation，inoculation technology，composter parameters during composting process and control technology，and composter quality standards. The paper also prospects the future development of composting treatment for vegetable waste.
