THIS IS AN OLD STORY BUT A GOODY
First Posted: Tuesday September 2, 2008
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It’s a frightening concept: the average Australian produces about one ton of waste. Good news is, the average Lismore resident has cut their waste down to about half that. How?
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It all began at the beginning of the millennium, when Lismore City Council began desperately encouraging residents to cut down on garbage used in landfill.
Considering how much of our waste comprises food and garden materials (the average Australian’s domestic waste comprises 30% is food materials and about 25% garden), Council wanted to effectively break down its domestic waste.
The best way to do this is to encourage everyone to use a compost bin and a worm farm. But Lismore City Council is special, with many special residents. One guy, named Nick Try, thought it’d be a better idea to build a worm farm for the whole town: the biggest worm farm in the southern hemisphere .... click here to read much more
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