Recycling with composting worms is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint and create positive effects for both your garden and your pocketbook.

Recycle

Take a look at the ways below that we recycle using red worms. Got any other ways? Add them in the comments section below!

1. Paper or Plastic? Next time you go grocery shopping choose paper, then cut it up and throw it into your worm garden
2. Dryer lint. Never thought this would be eatible, but worms consume this like I eat chocolate cake!
3. Dinner Scraps. Don’t just throw away dinner scraps, add them to your worm bin and watch the worms devour your leftovers. WARNING: dogs might get jealous!
4. Newspapers. Shred and add to your worm farm for a quality soil addition to a new worm bin. Be careful not to add too many colored papers, as the ink is not good for the worms. However, worms love the crossword section!
5. Manure. Although it may be gross to deal with, manure is a great source of nutrients for the worms because it is already broken down pretty well.
6. Leaves. while they are not great for nutrients, worms can break down the leaves from the trees you gather in the fall. Just mix it into the soil or leave it on top and the worms will come to the surface to feast.

What else do you feed your worms?