Three cheers for Mrs Meggitt, the "Worm Lady"

Mrs Meggitt’s determination to cut back on waste at school by encouraging composting has worked a treat, with many kids automatically putting their compostable waste in the bins provided at school! They know their banana peels, apple cores, bread, tomatoes, paper bags and other food scraps go to feed the schools’ worms – either in the compost bin or worm farm – and eventually create compost and soil to go back into their veggies gardens - go Mrs Meggitt!!

We’re now hearing stories of kids at home saying Dad? Mum? Where’s our compost bin? Well if you are interested in getting a compost bin or worm farm at home (worm farms are great especially if you don’t have the space for a compost bin), you can buy them from Hornsby Council. What’s more if you (or your kids!!!) successfully do a short online tutorial and quiz, you can get what you need for half price!!!

So check out the following website for the tutorial and quiz:
http://compostrevolution.com.au/

Current full prices (http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/property/waste-and-recycling/composting-and-worm-farming):
220L Compost bin - $40
Worm farm (black) $80

Worms - $40 for approximately 2,000 worms, can be ordered upon request (you can also get worms from someone else’s worm farm – pop a comment on our blog or contact the Enviro Hub and we’re sure we can find someone to share some worms with you)

Did you know?

1. 40-50% of waste in our red bins is food.
2. Throwing food in the rubbish (red) bin means more energy used transporting the waste to the dump.
3. It also means more methane gas produced in the landfill – methane is a greenhouse gas.
4. The food mixes with other waste to create acid leachate which poisons our groundwater.
5. We also lose the nutrients in our food cycle.