permaculture

[Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

Hi...
I suggest you email Cameron Little: cameron.little@unsw.edu.au and ask him
for the email of the UNSW Green waste Unit who have a large device on campus
- New Zealand design I believe.

...Russ Grayson. Sydney

> From: <permed@nor.com.au>
> Reply-To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 27 May 02 08:32:40 -0000
> To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Large-scale wormeries
> 
> Our local Council has recently set up a huge wormfarming operation for all 
> its
> municipal organic waste - householders and restaurants have a separate bin 
> for
> organics & as far as I know includes cooked as well as uncooked food scraps.
> They ran a TV promotion for people to wrap their kitchen waste in newspaper
> and not use plastic bags for these bins.
> Lismore City Council's web site:  www.liscity.nsw.gov.au
> Robyn
> 
>> I was wondering if anybody had information on large-scale wormeries,
>> e.g. for a restaurant or similar.
>> In the situation I am looking at the prime purpose would be waste
>> disposal (or rather reduction/conversion), compost and worms would be
>> regarded as a by-product.
>> 
>> A particular question that arises in a restaurant situation is the
>> separation of cooked food, if indeed that is necessary (my understanding
>> is that cooked food should not go into a wormery, but I stand to be
>> corrected). 
>> 
>> Any hints, experiences, web links, paper titles etc. appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Slán,
>> Ute
> 
> 
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