The worms seem to be doing fine. No more escapees. I hope they are comfortable in their warm, moist bed of cash and happy with the food scraps we toss their way. They’ve been fed about a pound and half of vegetable scraps so far. In the meantime I got a call from the US Treasury saying that they would give me shredded currency for my project. I am waiting for the official letter and then I guess I need to go to the Fed with it. Also in the meantime I submitted some formal questions in writing to the Fed, asking the following questions: How much currency is destroyed and deposited in landfill each year? Monetary amount and\/or pounds? Is any of the currency recycled (besides as souvenirs)?\u00a0 And if no, why not? If there are toxic chemicals in the money is it safe to bury it in landfill?\u00a0 Is it possible to find out what kind of toxins are in the ink?<\/p>\n
So we’ll see what they come back with. They said they should respond in 5 business days. I’m still unclear how this information will factor into the piece in general. I’m keeping a worm diary of the whole project — what I feed the worms, how they are doing, my\u00a0 correspondence with the Fed and Treasury,etc.\u00a0 I’m also still trying to work in this butterflies-in-the-bank vault image, somehow, because I keep coming back to it.\u00a0 I’m also going to experiment with making a non-toxic, compostable dollar bill.<\/p>\n
See you tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The worms seem to be doing fine. No more escapees. I hope they are comfortable in their warm, moist bed of cash and happy with the food scraps we toss their way. They’ve been fed about a pound and half … Continue reading