Commercial Projects

Town...


TOWN restaurant, 9th & Waialae, serves fresh, award-winning cuisine that is "Local First, Organic Whenever Possible, with Aloha Always."
Chef/owner Ed Kenney describes his popular Kaimuki eatery as a socially and environmentally responsible business. TOWN is committed to local farmers, fishers, and ranchers and favor those who practice sustainable methods. They use earth-friendly cleaning products, recycled paper and packaging, and all used cooking oil goes to produce biodiesel fuel.

TOWN is the first commercial location on Oahu to operate a worm composting facility to recycle the nutrients from kitchen waste. With space a premium, a 16" wide by 16" deep by 16' long wooden bin was designed to fit a narrow walkway between two buildings. Eight-foot modules will be added as the worm colony grows out.

TOWN maintains an on-site herb garden to harvest fresh ingredients as needed, which is nourished by rich vermicast courtesy of their own worms.



TOWN'S Chef de Cuisine David Caldiero
recycles kitchen fruit, vegetable,
grain, and paper waste daily.




Toni Cross, Waikiki Worm Company's vermiculturist, digs into a massive manure management project at Peterson's egg farm.


Chicken manure is converted on-site to stable, rich, marketable vermicast. .


...and Country



Peterson's Upland Farm in beautiful Wahiawa has been producing island fresh eggs for generations and selling chicken manure to farmers and gardeners. Their 10,000 hens produce a veritable mountain of manure that has been nibbled at by a small population of Indian blueworms long established on the property.

Waikiki Worm Company is currently managing and expanding the worm colony to process this material with the goal of eliminating standing manure. Worms-at-work also control flies and other vectors, odor, and pollution due to runoff.

By converting chicken manure to vermicompost, the Petersons will be able to offer a superior, nutrient-stable fertilizer product that is sweet-smelling and will not burn plants.

Residential, institutional, military, municipal...

Projects large and small welcome! Contact Waikiki Worm Company for innovative solutions to your waste management and recycling challenges. Our experienced and knowledgeable staff provides consultation, design, implementation, management and training.