Many institutions, cities and countries are now promoting vermicomposting for economic and environmental reasons.  The City of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia is saving $37,000 annually by avoiding landfill tipping fees plus the vermicompost is being sold for a profit of $67,000 per year.  The City of Hobart in Tasmania is saving $56,000 per year by avoiding landfill fees and making the same profit by selling the compost.  

The City of San Diego vermicomposts 35,000 tons of organic waste annually.  They also add manure from their Zoo and Wild Animal Park.  Their compost is sold for $35 per cubic yard.  Worms compost the waste at the Seattle Kingdome in the state of Washington.  In North Carolina, rabbit breeders vermicompost their animal’s manure.  Vancouver Canada and San Jose, California along with the governments of Mexico, Peru, Rwanda, Spain, France, India and Australia have built vermicomposting facilities.  A hospital in Ontario, Canada vermicomposts 825 pounds of waste a day, saving waste hauling and dumping fees and the purchase price of chemical fertilizer for its gardens.  

San Quentin Prison makes 11,000 pounds of vermicompost each year to use in its gardens and its staff’s gardens.  The Prison sells the extra vermicompost to provide finances for their recycling system.

Cuba has developed 170 vermicomposting centers that use cow manure, sugar cane pulp and coffee pulp.  The compost is given to farmers so they will not have to use chemical fertilizers.  Indonesia uses worms to convert its spoiled warehouse produce.  In Russia, poultry farms vermicompost poultry manure to make a profit by selling the compost to local farmers.