Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom (PressExposure) January 19, 2011 -- Steve Brine MP takes an active interest in green issues including the recycling of waste. With a new baby in the family, he is especially conscious of the importance of reducing the amount of waste going from homes to landfill sites. He welcomed a suggestion from Caroline Blatchford, the MD of website Spotty Green Frog, that he could use a worm composter to recycle waste from his family home.
The Spotty Green Frog website - http://www.SpottyGreenFrog.co.uk - has provided a worm composter for use by Stephen Brine and his family. The wooden worm composter is in the shape of a beehive. It has three levels and has proved to be especially popular with gardeners because it acts as a feature in the garden as well as producing both nutrient rich compost (Black Gold) and a liquid fertiliser referred to by gardeners as "worm tea".
Worms will eat a variety of waste including hair, egg boxes, food waste, cotton fabric and the contents of vacuum cleaners.
Caroline has offered to help Steve Brine to keep a diary about his worm composting experience. She said, "Once the worms are established in the composter, they will be able to recycle waste equivalent to half of their own body weight each day. Waste from a family of four should easily be able to be composted by a single worm composter.
Steve Brine said: "I am delighted to be working with Spotty Green Frog on this, and we are all really looking forward to using the worm composter. As well as being able to recycle our food waste at home, and have Emily and young William get used to this as being completely usual, I'm very happy to have such a forward-looking young company here in Winchester, and wish Caroline all the very best for the future."