Another option for getting rid of household kitchen waste is to feed it to your kitchen garbage disposal. The ground the material then travels through pipes to your local sewage treatment plant or septic system. This may seem like a fine option, however, as cities and suburbs continue to grow, added demand on water treatment plants can minimize the effectiveness of the sewage treatment. Clearly, reducing your waste output through vermicomposting can help alleviate the burden on municipal waste disposal systems. However that is just one of the many advantages of worm composting.
Earthworms are the unheralded soldiers of the soil.
Earthworm castings are one of the finest soil amendments available to backyard gardeners. Worm castings have nutrients needed by plants, plus compounds to control plant pathogens. Castings are also coated allowing the nutrients to time release to your plants. Unlike chemical fertilizers, you can not burn your plants by using too much castings. Vermicomposting offers several important advantages over traditional compost systems.