Introducing the new "crew"

Keep this in mind: 1/3 of what you throw in your trash is organic material that can be saved from the landfill and turned into lovely dirt-gold.

The worms have arrived.

I'm very happy to announce the addition of 1000 new team members to Spilled Ink Press headquarters. They previously were employed at Urban Worm Girl, where they came highly recommended and have since had a very smooth transition from temporary employment to their full time jobs eating the garbage in our kitchen. As of yesterday they were very happily eating mango rinds, strawberries gone bad and the tops of green peppers and winter squash.


We at Spilled Ink Press have big plans for the Red Wigglers, and their overall introduction of the composting concept. These little guys are stationed in the kitchen and doing a bang up job keeping our personal organic waste from the landfills. As the warmer months, as promised by mother nature, come upon us, we are actively looking into the addition of a larger scale composter to take care of our full-time stationery paper waste- either on or off site, and possibly shared with a few other home-based green businesses (like Lynn from Pollen!)

If you have any questions about placement of your own composting worms, please contact the lovely ladies at Urban Worm Girl: Stephanie, Amber & Angie 773.355.4804 info@urbanwormgirl.com. And most definitely go to their website: www.urbanwormgirl.com and start to feel warm and fuzzy about slimy, wiggly worms. They'll grow on you, I promise.

On another note, keep an eye out for the implementation of Heather Stearns' bill just passed in the Illinois Senate this past August, Senate Bill 99. The new bill creates smarter regulations for commercial composting, making it economically attractive for investors to begin commercial operations. Let the democratic and capitalist games begin!