I was on a quest to reduce my monthly expenses and my monthly garbage output. I made it a game by dividing my garbage into pails. Start looking and noticing what is going in.  

1. Dispose of my own garbage usefully creating a new product. Newspapers I would shred. I stopped buying food in cans. Some packaging I unwrapped and left at the stores. Yes, they looked surprised. I didn't want or need it. I bought an old blender and put my daily food scraps into it - banana peels, egg shells, tomatoes - whatever. The worms can process the food much faster this way.  With unwanted junk mail I write "unrequested - return to sender." I recycle yogurt cups to store future mini meals. I use 1 pint jars and plastic containers with lids to store food rather than wrap. A vacuum sealer is handy to make food last longer. I keep seeds and nuts in the refrigerator.

2. Bag of material to dispose of elsewhere. Not good. Plastic, cans. try to keep from accumulating these things. I have visitors make sure they take back their own bottles, chip bags, candy wrappers and such. What junk they eat!

I believe in being self sufficient. Be able to dispose of what you use. Get a worm bin and eventually a shredder. Be able to eliminate your garbage bill.

COMPOSTING WORM BINS

This bin works by upward migration. Compost type earthworms eat their way up as they turn kitchen scraps into vermicompost. The worms are started in a single tray in a mixture of coir (coconut pith fiber) and compost. An empty tray is put on top, the worms are fed until that tray fills up, and then another empty tray is put on top. When the last tray fills up, the vermicompost is dumped out of the bottom tray, and that tray is moved to the top of the stack.

Vermicompost is the ultimate compost. It is as plant-ready as can possibly be achieved in a compost system. It is full of humates, enzymes, chelated minerals, and natural growth hormones. It has antibiotic properties towards pathogens, will never ever burn plants, and retains water longer than any other soil.

The bin comes with coir bedding. All you will need is a few handfuls of compost to mix with the coir. Then dump the worms on top, let them crawl in, and feed them your kitchen scraps.

The liquid that is produced is called worm tea and is excellent for your plants. Use the included spout at the bottom to pour into one gallon jugs to fertilizer your plants.

Each tray measures 14 x 14 x 5 inches deep. Start with 1 or 2 pounds of compost worms (preferably Eisenea fetida). This bin will support 2-3 pounds of worms by the time it fills up.

Special price: deluxe 5 stack $110 + $13.95 UPS
(Compare with others advertised for over $169!)