Eco-Warrior: Open Can-o-Worms for clean life

Here's a solution for anyone with even the smallest of outdoor spaces, or the most pernickety apartment management company: a worm composter.

Now don't get all squeamish at the mention of worms. By eating up to half their own body weight every day, over time, these wiggly critters can transform eight to ten bins' worth of what you've previously dumped into one bin, into worm-cast compost.

Known as “black gold'‘ to gardeners, this ...