At Michigan State, 51,000 students produce 14,000 pounds of food waste across MSU’s 30 dining locations in a single day. Generally, food waste is sent to decompose in open air in a landfill, producing ...

Girijananda Chowdhury University launches CWES newsletter and vermicompost project to promote wildlife research and sustainability.

Andrea Schaefer, vermicomposting coordinator for Hillview, said having the vehicle, dubbed the “Worm Mobile,” would open up new opportunities for the program. In the past, UW-L student interns working ...

MATTOON, Ill. -- Jeff Nichols doesn't mind sharing his office space with a few hundred worms. The worms, housed in a dark tub with a secure lid, silently consume food waste while Nichols, manager of ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Hungry worms -- 2.5 million red wigglers -- might become the newest members of Southern Illinois University's staff in a project to turn food waste into compost. With three ...