Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Charlotte Airport to Start Worm composting!

Read the full article here!

"Compostable materials like food scraps, paper waste, bathroom towels and plant trimmings will be collected from the airport and loaded into a 1,600-square-foot pre-composter with odor controls. Once the materials are partially broken down in the pre-composter, they will be fed to 300 pounds of worms, living in an 8,000-square-foot worm bin."

The end of the article raises an important point!

"Ron Danise, who owns a nearby company that sells castings-based soil amendments, was skeptical that the worms would be able to break down meat, bones and paper towels, given their preferred diet of fruit and vegetable trimmings."

I wonder if they intend to have people sort their food waste, or if they really think the worms will break down meat and dairy waste...

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