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  • noun Plural form of wormery.

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Examples

  • We throw away a staggering amount of food each year – the equivalent of £420 a person – so try to buy only what you know you'll use, and get as much from it as you can: turn bones from roasts and vegetable trimmings into stock, and compost any suitable leftovers (many councils now offer free or subsidised compost bins or wormeries).

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's climate-friendly recipes Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 2010

  • Having looked into this a bit more I discover that a lady up the hill from us did indeed used to feed resturant waste to her wormeries but that she had to give the business up.

    Snell-Pym » Putrescible Waste 2 2007

  • Having looked into this a bit more I discover that a lady up the hill from us did indeed used to feed resturant waste to her wormeries but that she had to give the business up.

    Snell-Pym » 2007 » March 2007

  • Earlier this year, scientists warned that wormeries - the trendy composting bins which use worms to break down food scraps - release high levels of nitrous oxide, one of the most potent greenhouse gases.

    Archive 2007-11-01 GayandRight 2007

  • Earlier this year, scientists warned that wormeries - the trendy composting bins which use worms to break down food scraps - release high levels of nitrous oxide, one of the most potent greenhouse gases.

    Personal Wind Turbines - Not a Good Idea... GayandRight 2007

  • The Royal Parks Foundation's new Isis Education Centre - partly funded by the Halcyon Gallery - is a fabulous place to introduce children to nature and the environment, with a butterfly bank, wormeries, "minibeast" habitats, a dipping pond with underwater endoscopes, and amazing laptop and microscope linkups.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Geoffrey Lean 2011

  • Ripped and scrunched up a certain amount, they can be added to compost heaps, bins and wormeries.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Around £5,000 has been allocated as part of a £20,000 recycling drive for the use of wormeries to make high quality compost out of organic waste.

    icLiverpool 2009

  • Although people say it’s possible to keep wormeries inside…I’m not willing to go that far.

    Replace Your Garbage Disposal with Bokashi Bucket Composting 2008

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