Apparatus for and method of waste treatment using vermiculture
OwnerMalcolm Baillieinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for treating waste using vermiculture including a plurality of slats arranged in side-by-side relationship to form a vermiculture support and slat mounting means to which each of the slate is mounted, wherein some of the slats are mounted in abutting side-by-side relationship to one another to a width sufficient to support a first bed of feedstock for vermiculture and the remainder of the slats are arranged in spaced side-by-side relationship, the spacing being selected to provide for aeration of a bed of vermiculture feedstock which has been digested by a colony of selected worms.
Claims17
A method of waste treatment using vermiculture including forming a first bed of feedstock to a first depth;
- colonising the first bed with a plurality of worms selected for substantially complete occupation of the feedstock and allowing the worms to process the feedstock for a time sufficient to produce a first stage feedstock;
- forming the first stage feedstock into a second bed having a second depth being a fraction of that of the first bed and a width commensurate with the fractional depth;
- forming a new first bed of feedstock in such disposition with respect to the second bed as to permit the worms from the second bed migrate substantially completely to the new first bed;
- leaving the second bed for a time sufficient for substantially complete migration of the worms from the second bed to the first bed;
- and
- removing the second bed.
Apparatus for creating waste using vermiculture and including:
- first support means for supporting a first bed of vermiculture feedstock;
- and
- second support means adjoining the first support means for supporting a second bed of vermiculture feedstock, the second support means being provided with a plurality of apertures for aeration of the second bed of feedstock, at least some of the aeration being provided through the apertures.
Apparatus for creating waste using vermiculture including:
- a plurality of slats arranged in side-by-side relationship to form a vermiculture support;
- and
- slat mounting means to which each of the slate is mounted, wherein some of the slats are mounted in abutting side-by-side relationship to one another to a width sufficient to support a first bed of feedstock for vermiculture and the remainder of the slats are arranged in spaced side-by-side relationship, the spacing being selected to provide for aeration of a bed of vermiculture feedstock which has been digested by a colony of selected worms.
Apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the containment wall is of a height substantially the same as the required depth of the first bed and the covering means is mounted to the containment wall alongside the first bed.
A method of waste treatment using vermiculture including forming a first bed of feedstock and colonising the first bed with a plurality of worms selected for substantially complete occupation of the feedstock and allowing the worms to process the feedstock for a time sufficient to produce a first stage feedstock, forming the first stage feedstock into a second bed, forming a new first bed of feedstock in such disposition with respect to the second bed as to permit the worms from the second bed migrate substantially completely to the new first bed, leaving the second bed for a time sufficient for substantially complete migration of the worms from the second bed to the first bed, and removing the second bed.
Apparatus for treating waste using vermiculture substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of FIGS. 1 to 16.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.