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ABSTRACT Each household produces a significant amount of waste in the form of solid waste and sludge, which are improperly disposed. Management of solid waste is very big menace and challenge for the present situation. Hence this study was aimed to mitigate the organic portion MSW by using biological methods. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) of Punnainallur (East) and Sreenivasapuram were taken up for the present study. A composite soil samples were collected from both study area. Physicochemical analysis of composite soil samples were performed, the results revealed that there is a huge nutrient content in Punnainallur (East) site. Actinomycetes species present in the soil samples were counted and isolated. There are 81 (3.24 x 10-6) pale yellow colored actinomycetes colonies were enumerated at 10-6 dilution. The morphological and biochemical characterization of the isolates proved that the following actinomycetes species Actinobispora sp., Agromyces sp., Actinosynnema sp., and Microtetrospora sp were found in the tested soil samples. Predominant actinomycetes species were selected to prepare consortium and that consortium was activated by black strap molasses. Selected Actinomycetes Consortium (SAC) enriched with molasses were applied on the processed organic solid waste at different quantities (100 ml, 150 ml, 200 ml & 250 ml). After 30 days the biodegraded products were harvested and subjected to physicochemical and phytotoxic studies. The results revealed that solid organic waste biodegraded with 200 ml of SAC solution efficiently degraded organic waste and produce compost and which could not be toxic to plant and soil.