April this year marks the 33rd Patriotic Health Month in the country. On April 12th, a popularization and promotion class of healthy civilization new fashion that has both theoretical explanation and practical guidance was held in The Oasis Huating Community of Fangsong Street. At the event, a device called the "Earthworm Composting Tower" caused "onlookers".
"There is a lot of pet feces on the road and the green belt of the community, and if you are not careful, you will 'step on the thunder', and it is easy to breed mosquitoes and flies in the summer, what to do?" As soon as the theory class began, Zhou Yanyan, a staff member of the District Patriotic Health Office, asked such a question. Just when the residents did not know how to answer, Zhou Yanyan pulled out the next PPT screen, and a pipe installation device marked with "earthworm composting tower" appeared in front of everyone's eyes. After a detailed introduction, the residents gave a thumbs up. Zhou Weihua, an elderly who has kept pet dogs for nearly 20 years, said that she walked the "dog baby" at least three times a day, and the feces were taken home with plastic bags she carried with her to throw away, and the appearance of the earthworm compost tower made her both novel and happy.
Originally, the small pipe was equivalent to a "house" tailored for earthworms, with several small holes at the bottom to facilitate the earthworms to pass directly to the soil, and residents only needed to put the feces generated during the dog walking process into the tower for earthworms to eat. "After the feces are eaten by earthworms, they are organically decomposed, and the manure particles produced are non-toxic and odorless, contain organic substances and a variety of amino acids, and are high-quality organic fertilizers that directly nourish the green plants and flowers around the tower." Zhou Yanyan introduced.
As soon as the theoretical lecture hall ended, the staff of the District Love and Health Office immediately led the residents to the community green space for a practical exercise. "Aunties and uncles, the site selection of the earthworm composting tower is very exquisite, try to choose in the shady wetland area, this kind of place is suitable for earthworm life" "The earthworm composting tower is 70 cm high, and 30 cm should be buried in the soil"... Dai Ren, the "installation expert" of the District Health Promotion Office, demonstrated how to install while instructing.
"I hope that the public can consciously practice the new healthy trend of civilization, green and environmental protection after deeply understanding the function of the earthworm composting tower." According to Zhang Qiwen, a staff member of the District Love And Health Office, at present, the District Love Health Office has installed 1,000 earthworm composting tower devices on a pilot basis in the whole district.
In addition, the publicity class on the same day also invited Tao Junjie, a professional of the District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, to introduce the common knowledge of vector biological control to the residents, and awarded the "Health New Fashion Guide" appointment letter to 6 resident volunteer representatives.
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