| 摘要 |
<p>Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for on-site vermicomposting organic waste using earthworms, in which the organic waste is disposed of under a constant temperature and humidity state at all seasons, an overall process for disposing of the organic waste is automatically performed only by a small number of workers, and the earthworms are not mixed with fecal soil to be discharged. The apparatus includes: a feeding unit installed at an upper portion of a frame, reciprocating throughout a chamber in a longitudinal direction for grinding organic waste and then dropping the ground organic waste into the chamber by means of the reciprocation; a fecal soil-separating unit installed at a lower portion of the chamber in a longitudinal direction and rotated for discharging fecal soil; and an attracting unit installed at one side of an upper portion of a chamber for spraying a liquid substance having a sweet taste into the chamber and inducing earthworms to be directed to the upper portion. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a basic floor for breeding earthworms in a chamber, and breeding the earthworms therein; (b) introducing organic waste onto the basic floor, and maintaining temperature and humidity in the chamber suitable for breeding the earthworms so that the organic waste is vermicomposted by the earthworms; (c) detecting a characteristic value of seepage water collected by a seepage water reservoir located under the chamber, and determining a degree of vermicomposting the organic waste based on the detected characteristic value; and (d) spraying a substance having a sweet taste onto an upper surface of the organic waste so as to induce the earthworms to an upper portion of the chamber, and separating fecal soil from the organic waste by means of the rotation of screws located at a lower portion of the chamber.</p> |
