Wormery 

The Wormery turns our organic waste, like kitchen scraps, into rich fertiliser for our vege garden. 

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Benefits: 

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Soil

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• Improves soil aeration

• Enriches soil with micro-organisms (adding enzymes such as phosphatase and cellulase)

• Microbial activity in worm castings is 10 to 20 times higher than in the soil and organic matter that the worm ingests 

• Attracts deep-burrowing earthworms already present in the soil

• Improves water holding capacity

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Plant growth

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• Enhances germination, plant growth, and crop yield

• Improves root growth and structure

• Enriches soil with micro-organisms (adding plant hormones such as auxins and gibberellic acid)

Economic

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• Biowastes conversion reduces waste flow to landfills

• Elimination of biowastes from the waste stream reduces contamination of other recyclables collected in a single bin (a common problem in communities practicing Single-stream recycling)

• Creates low-skill jobs at local level

• Low capital investment and relatively simple technologies make vermicomposting practical for less-developed agricultural regions

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Environmental

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• Helps to close the "metabolic gap" through recycling waste on-site

• Large systems often use temperature control and mechanized harvesting, however other equipment is relatively simple and does not wear out quickly

• Production reduces greenhouse gas emissions such as methane and nitric oxide (produced in landfills or incinerators when not composted or through methane harvest)

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For more information, please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vermicompost