Worm Compost Event Announced

*** MiM is holding a logo design contest for our upcoming event. The design must be 10x10, black and white. For more information contact Tony Russo.

MiM Will partner with Home Depot, The Good Farm, the Salisbury Zoological Park and its support group, the Delmarva Zoological Society, to sponsor a permanent educational exhibit at the Salisbury Zoo.

Over the past three decades, recycling has gone from a fringe activity to a matter of civic responsibility. Increasingly, households are adding composting to their recycling regimen. Worm composting is an environmentally friendly, odor-free way households can dispose of biodegradable refuse.

As part of participating in the national Make a Difference Day event, MiM and its partners will establish a worm composting display at the zoo and provide at least 100 children with compost boxes to bring home. About 20 MiM Youth Volunteers will conceive and construct a plexiglass structure that will allow visitors to see the worms in action as they turn garbage into dirt. In addition to learning how to build a large worm composting container, the youth volunteers will be trained in how to construct one for in kitchen use. Small “under the sink” compost boxes can be made from shoebox-sized plastic containers. By learning how to put the smaller ones together the MiM Youth Volunteers will be able to show others how.

MiM volunteers also will produce signs to go along with the worm composting display. The signs will tell visitors how composting works and how they can make their own at home.

Another component of the Make a Difference Day event will be a how-to video produced by MiM volunteers. The video, which will cover how to build both a large and a small worm compost container, will be posted on YouTube and the web address as well as a QR code will be included in the signage.

The event will be 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Salisbury Zoo and will include recurring demonstrations on how to build your own compost box performed by MiM volunteers.

This project was inspired by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore’s Volunteer Academy and the Foundation’s suggestion we might participate in the national Make a Difference Day event.