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The Mount Nelson Hotel's Got Worms...in a Good Way

Where: 76 Orange Street, Capetown, South Africa, 8001

We all know that hotels create a lot of waste and it's probably something that we'd rather not think about. If we do think about it, then we can choose to stay in eco-hotels and try not to fill the garbage bin in our room every day.

But the Mount Nelson Hotel in Capetown has another method, one that may leave guests feeling a little uneasy: worms. The hotel has an "army" of worms, a million of them ready to break down the hotel's organic waste and gives it back to the earth. This apparently means less fertilizer and chemicals and more compost to create their exquisite gardens.

The hotel's resident worm farmer (here's a title we never thought we'd see) explained to the Seattle Times:

The hotel industry produces a lot of food waste...We're trying to deal with our problem and not pass it along to the next person. We're trying to do our little bit for nature.

My personal opinion: The more people who get involved in this, the better it will be for the whole world. It eliminates a substance, methane gas, which is damaging to the environment. It's helping the ozone.

Now as long as they can keep these worms where they should be, we'll totally support this happy Ozone, Earthy, Worm project.

(We couldn't handle real worms early this morning so this picture of jelly worms comes via Gotta_luv_Green/Flickr)

Related Stories:
· Hotel worms its way out of pile of waste [Seattle Times]
· Mount Nelson Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor]