In a bid to make local businesses more sustainable and environmentally friendly, Millthorpe's Business Committee and Centroc launched the final phase of the Shiny Halo street business sustainability program on Tuesday.
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Committee President Randall Edwards said the establishment of worm farms were the key part of the campaigns final phase.
"So far Shiny Halo Street has worked on energy efficiency and now is implementing worm farms to reduce food waste to landfill from local businesses," he said.
"Shiny Halo St is now working with local businesses to get some pretty big worm farms in operation.
"The program will use worm farms that have been built in 240 litre or 140 litre wheelie bins as they can take a lot more food waste than an ordinary worm farm," Mr Edwards said.
The worm farms were set up on Tuesday at a number of local businesses.
Training was also provided to help the businesses learn how to operate the farms in the most efficient way.
"Centroc and NetWaste will be keeping in touch with the businesses over the coming months to ensure that they do not have any problems," Mr Edwards said.
Last year, the first part of the Shiny Halo program involved businesses receiving free energy usage audits, which helped them see where power was being used and how savings could be made.
Centroc's Shiny Halo program is supported by the NSW Environmental Trust. For more details of the program visit www.centroc.com.au or check out the Shiny Halo blog at www.shinyhalo.com
