Vermicomposting Survey Analysis

From the results I received from my survey I have managed to pick up on consistency as well as the general feeling people have about worms farms. I will not comment on all areas of the survey but will touch on what I believe to be the most important or interesting areas.

Residence:
The majority or people that answered my survey lived in a house or a flat. This is good news for me as it means that the majority of people have access to at least some form of garden to use the worm castings in after they have been collected

How many people live at your residence?
This is also fairly important to my project because I can work out how many people will be using the worm farm. It seems that between 2-4 people is the average so 2 farms could be created to accommodate both parties. Once I receive the results from my pot test I can finalize a specific size.

Why do you recycle? If you do not recycle, why do you choose not to?

The general response to why people recycle is due to the fact that people care about a green planet and reducing pollution. From a previous question 90% of people said they did recycle so I feel that they will be willing to try a worm farm as it will directly befit them as well as reducing the waste going into landfills.

What do you currently do with your food scraps?

It seems that the majority of people throw their food scraps in the general rubbish bin to be thrown out with everything else. A few people compost their scraps but I am unsure if this is because they have their own compost system or it is a service offered by their council.

Have you considered using worms to compost your food scraps in the past?

While they responses for this question is split almost 50/50 for thinking about using a worm farm, only a very small group of people actually said they owned a worm farm. Of they people that said they have considered worms before, some of these could have farms themselves now but didn't say at the time.

What would you do with the compost created by your Worm Farm?

The majority of answers for this question is to use it on their gardens. A couple of people said they do not have a garden so looking into a planter pot that can be placed anywhere is another area I will look into. One person said that they would sell it on eBay so it seems that even if the compost wasn't needed they would still compost their scraps to get something back from it later. This can tie into the system I will need to create to deliver and pick up the necessary ingredients.