Burial of meat is not recommended because decaying meat can produce offensive odors. Mice and rats are more likely to be attracted to worm bins containing meat. Some other things that don't belong are plastic bags, bottle caps, rubber bands, sponges, aluminum foil and glass. An average family of four generates about 7 pounds of compostable garbage per week. Worms will die in any home worm bin, but in a properly maintained worm bin, you will rarely see a dead worm.
Most worms probably live and die within the same year.
Yet, in culture, Eisenia foetida , the type of worms in this box have been kept as long as four and a half years. A good general reference about keeping worms is identified below. Worms Eat My Garbage. 100p Goldstein, Jerome. 29p Jennings, Terry.