Please no sarcasm - is it me or has the world gone mad? Anyway .....................

Our environmental people want to put some wormery's in the workplace and has asked if there are any health and safety issues.

Has anyone had a similiar request or has anyone got any help on this subject?

Only problem I can see is vermin - the food will take a while to get broken down.
Not sure but will the process not create methane?

David

Vermin will not be a problem if you use the wormery only for green and brown plant wastes (including food wastes) but not meat, fish and diary wastes.

Add a bit of shredded paper now and again to keep the balance right, or some fresh grass cuttings. Mix well and don't forget to keep an eye on temperature control.

The smell is almost non-existant, as for a well-managed compost system.

You will almost certainly get many fruit flies and similar in the summer months. Perhaps this is due to overloading and too much fruit waste - which is not good anyway, avoid acidic fruits - but once the flies arrive they will breed prodigiously and be there for evermore.

After a while, like domestic composting of food and garden waste, it becomes something of a habit. Vast quantities of waste can be quickly reduced to small amounts of compost, but many seeds survive and will grow. And eventually you will end up with an embarassingly large supply of compost. I did!

Enjoy

rather than wormeries (haven't they got better things to do) couldn't you just have a pot for compost able waste and for it to go straight in to a compost bin. assuming of course you have some sort of outside space suitable.

Who is going to be responsible for looking after the wormeries? or are they likely to stagnate and get chucked away 2 months down the line. also what is the perceived benefit against the cost of purchasing

Still can't believe they haven't got better things to do. surely there are more sensible and practical ways of saving the environment.

Phil