ABSTRACT

I Introduction .................................................................................................. 392 II Vermicomposting by Businesses .................................................................. 394

A Metro Hall, Toronto, Canada ................................................................. 394 B National Institutes of Environmental & Health Sciences (NIEHS) ...... 394 C Len Foote Hike Inn ................................................................................ 395 D Seattle Kingdome ................................................................................... 395 E IKEA ...................................................................................................... 395

III Vermicomposting Institutions ...................................................................... 396 IV Vermicomposting in Colleges and Universities ............................................ 397

A The Evergreen State College .................................................................. 397 B Southern Illinois University Carbondale ............................................... 398 C University of Oregon .............................................................................. 398 D University of Massachusetts Lowell ...................................................... 399

V Vermicomposting in Hospitals ..................................................................... 399 A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) .................................... 399 B Huron Hospital .......................................................................................400