After moving into her apartment Kaori heard about – and promptly signed up to – our Apartment Composting Program.
Her building now houses three worm farms and thousands of happy worms making great work of her and her neighbour's food waste, and it didn't cost them a cent.
The program supports apartment residents to establish shared composting or worm farming systems in the grounds of their building. Participating apartment buildings are given up to three free composting or worm farming systems, and a free workshop hosted by our partners at Compost Revolution.
''I couldn't believe that Council offered the equipment and support to dispose of all our food waste in an environmentally responsible way and there was no cost attached," said Kaori.
Affectionately known as 'the worm girl' to her neighbours, Kaori has not disposed of food waste in her rubbish bin for many years. Instead, she's made composting or wormfarming a satisfying part of her daily routine.
In Stonnington, the average garbage bin contains 38 per cent food waste by weight. This is food that is currently being sent to landfill, wasting money and resources. It also creates methane, a greenhouse gas around 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Kaori hopes that more apartment residents will follow her lead and sign up to our Apartment Composting Program.
"The application process, delivery and installation was really straightforward. If you're considering applying for the program I'd say, just go for it," enthused Kaori.
