Verified · Jun 20241 min read
● projectScaled · subnational · 2014
Wormenhotels / Le Compostier
Network of 'worm hotels' (wormenhotels): purpose-designed community boxes that house thousands of worms and turn neighbours' organic waste (gft-afval) into compost, closing the nutrient loop within the neighbourhood.
illustrative atlas image · Vinicius Vieira ft / Pexels01 The context
Rowin Snijder (Le Compostier) has driven the model since 2014, with the first wormenhotel on Frans Halsstraat (De Pijp, Amsterdam); the Amsterdam municipality adopted a standard design. By June 2024 Amsterdam had about 200 hotels (with ~300 people on the waiting list), each serving up to 30 households, and the model has been replicated in at least 11-12 Dutch cities (Rotterdam, The Hague, Eindhoven, Haarlem, Hilversum).
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
1 published document supports this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 1 ›
ContextWorm hotels in the Netherlands: an eco-friendly approach to community buildingDutchReview · 2024