Shredded Paper

This year'’s CICO project is to vermicompost the paper that arrives in my apartment.

Here is this weekend'’s effort.

I have been straining pasta water into my tank, so there is a rich stew of bacteria within. Frankly, it is beginning to smell, so I would like to dispose of the water and start afresh.

I place a rectangular sieve inside an old refrigerator drawer.

I tip a waste bucket of shredded paper in the sieve.

I hose from the water tank over the paper and leave it to soak for about an hour.

Finally, I tip it to drain back into the drawer for five minutes, and consign the damp paper to the tower vermicomposter.

I repeat the process until all the water has been transferred (and a lot of paper shredded!).

The worms get a rich source of nutrients in their fresh bedding.

The tower vermicomposter is not overloaded with water.