Vermicompost - St Aloysius (Deemed To Be University)

Vermiculture composting (vermicomposting, worm composting) is the act of creating rich, organic humus for your garden or lawn by allowing earthworms to help in the decomposition process. Earthworms eat food scraps and excrete fertilizer (worm castings). The resulting castings enrich soil by improving texture, increasing nitrogen, trace minerals, and natural growth hormones from the worms themselves.

Vermicompostin as a part of organic waste management is been performed from the past 15 years in the college under the supervision of Department of Zoology. 4 large composting unites in size 8x6x4 feet (in length x breadth x height) distributed within the campus and 2 smaller units 3x3x4 feet (in length x breadth x height) are constructed in the Dept. of Zoology. The students of the college under the supervision of staff from Department of Zoology are involved in the process of organic waste management through vermicomposting.