Composting is where TerraCycle got its start — I started producing fertilizer
made from worm poop compost, called
vermicompost, out of my Princeton University dorm room.
Crucially, as Sitton explains,
vermicomposting is not just another waste reduction methodology, or a way to
make compost faster or more efficient — there seems to be a qualitative difference in the end product that results in better plant growth and decreased instances of disease: