Over 60% of our household waste (including cardboard and paper) can be easily and effortlessly converted into rich, reusable compost in our garden or indoors. Municipal composting is a step in reducing our ecological footprint, home vermicomposting is an even more ecological way of disposing of our putrescible waste!

In the landfill, putrescible materials decompose very slowly and release acidic water. Mixed with rainwater, this acidic juice (leachate) filters through the accumulated garbage and carries all kinds of contaminants (bacteria, chemical pollutants or heavy metals) .Because of this phenomenon, the burial of garbage presents a potential significant pollution of groundwater and surface water. This anaerobic (oxygen-free) decomposition of organic matter is accompanied in addition by an abundant production of biogas (a mixture containing large quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas), which is why it is important to separate at source in order to treat them in an ecological way.