Environmental and Social Advantages to On-Site andLocal Vermicomposting of Food and Agricultural Waste  

作　　者：Ellen B.Sandbeck 

机构地区：[1]4781 Emerson Rd.Duluth,MN55803,U.S.A

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering(A)》2021年第6期207-213,共7页环境科学与工程（A）

摘　　要：This paper is a distillation of thirty-plus years of experience,experimentation,and observations,gleaned while designing,setting up,nunning,refining,and training people to run indoor vemicomposting systems.The objectives of this study are to reduce thevolume of food waste going into the waste stream;produce ligh quality organic fertilizer,improve soil heath,reduce waste-haulingcosts;encourage community members to move away from using chemical fertilizers,herbicides,and pesticides,in their gardens.Thishas been,essentially,a long-term,crowd-conducted,wide-ranging.and ongoing experiment.The design of a system is important,butthe way it is run is more important.For some people,prison inmates,for example,leaning to nun a vermicomposting system,can belife-and mind-altering.

关 键 词：VERMICOMPOSTING waste reduction fertilizer production earthworms erosion. 

分 类 号：X70[环境科学与工程—环境工程]