Worms and worm farming are a passion at SCRAP because we can address key questions of waste reduction through our friends the “dolphin of the soil” as Darwin called them. Right at the centre of our wasteful society is the question of organic waste. No other society in human history has neglected it so shamefully as our modern consumer society. A simple lesson for us all is that by sending 1kg of organic material to landfill we cause 2kg of CO2 gas to emit into the atmosphere.
Yet for centuries humans have known that this material must be returned to the soil to keep it fertile. Nature’s cycle of resource recovery is embodied in the worm; its energetic feeding on decomposing organics returns them directly to the roots of plants in exactly the form the plants need to feed. And in turn they continue to feed us. Nothing simpler and yet we need to completely re-learn this lesson to avoid poisoning ourselves any more with absurd landfilling of our kitchen and garden scraps. Together with composting, the solutions are right there waiting for us in worm farming. Take the plunge and re-learn with SCRAP the beauty of restoring our soils through our invertebrate and micro-organism friends.
Speaking of soils, SCRAP is proud to announce it is now a wholesaler of Nutri-Tech Solutions products and services. NTS is a very original Queensland company bringing the best science to agriculture, horticulture and gardening to change the way we do things, making them more sustainable, more environmentally friendly. Their unique approach lead by owner, Graeme Sait, is an aggregation of agronomy, chemistry, biology and common sense which is open-minded and practical. Over the past 20 years they have helped numerous farmers get away from chemical warfare on the soil (so-called farming) and produce better yields of more wholesome food, reducing their chemcial fertiliser bills at the same time. Now you can source both their home/school garden (Life Force range) fertilisers through SCRAP and we also provide some of their human health product range (see Green Buys – Health Products).
Please note that any worms shipped to Western Australia now incur a $56 Quarantine Inspection Fee which the customer must pay to the WA Govt to obtain the worms following the inspection. SCRAP Ltd regrets any inconvenience this causes.
SCRAP’s Sustainable Schools Program began in 2000 when a consortium of partners came together to offer the EcoSnapshot Day in which schools undertook 5 audits and surveys covering – Solid Waste, Energy, Water, Biodiversity and Materials Use and Management in one day resulting in a comprehensive benchmarking of their environmental performance and great hands-on education
Australia is full of it but we’re losing it fast through destruction of habitat. We need to find that balance between using resources for our needs while maintaining the right of other species to exist. This is at the core of sustainable living and it is on a head on course with our modern system
The driest continent on Earth other than Antarctica should have its act together on water, don’t you agree? Well despite our obvious failures, in some ways,we do and KISSS (Kapillary Irrigation Sub-Surface System is one of those areas where we have wins. The system can save at least half the water needed for irrigation and
