Condo and apartment dwellers can do their bit for the environment and start composting with some help from wiggly friends.

Vermicomposting is the easiest way for urbanites to compost common organic household waste. All you need to get started is an aerated container that fits under the kitchen sink, bedding such as shredded newspaper, organic wet waste and the secret ingredient -- the humble Eisenia fetida or the Lumbricus rubellus, AKA the red worm.