the Wormhotel: urban streetcorner worm composter

The Wormhotel is a large, custom build worm bin, located on the sidewalk. It's a community initiative in the famous 'Pijp-neighbourhood' in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Neighbours were asked to separate and collect their fruit and vegetable waste and dispose of it in the Wormhotel. The worms will eat this waste and convert it into very healthy vermicompost. The neighbours will then use this in their (balcony)gardens or spread it in the tree pits.
This project is sponsored by the Amsterdam council and all participants received a free green plastic bin for collecting their green waste and a key to open the lid. At the moment a group of around 20 participants are using this composter. It has been in service (quite problemfree) since spring 2015 and several loads of healthy vermicompost have been harvested already. The concept is now slowly spreading in Amsterdam. This video is Dutch spoken with English subtitles.

Styn, is this program still operating, if so has it spread further. With the climate change crisis this is a great way to get every house producing as many extra foods as possible to supplement their diet, rather than relying on supermarkets.

I have suggested this as an option to my local permaculture group. I wish it hadn't taken me so long to find this. Lucky permies had reposted your thread :-)

Annette Jones wrote:Styn, is this program still operating, if so has it spread further. ...)

I don't know if Styn is still active here. When I read 'Amsterdam' I was curious, because I am in the Netherlands too (although at the other side of the country).
I found some official information about the worm(en)hotels in Amsterdam. It seems to have spread all over the city. But not to other parts of the country.
The information is in Dutch:
Wormenhotel Amsterdam

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:

Annette Jones wrote:Styn, is this program still operating, if so has it spread further. ...)

I don't know if Styn is still active here. When I read 'Amsterdam' I was curious, because I am in the Netherlands too (although at the other side of the country).
I found some official information about the worm(en)hotels in Amsterdam. It seems to have spread all over the city. But not to other parts of the country.
The information is in Dutch:
Wormenhotel Amsterdam

Thanks for the response Inge, I thought it such a great idea I am suggesting it to my permie group. With google translate I can look up your link, thank you for posting.