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| Ashes to Ashes, Rice Crispies to Dirt Collegiate Composting Saves Cafeteria Scraps from the Landfill |
| Sustainability |
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 |
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College campuses are getting into the composting game. Determined to reduce their "solid waste streams," students and staff are pitching their scraps and left-over lasagna into compost bins. Ohio University has the largest "in-vessel" composting machine at any college campus. Installing the behemoth composter near their dairy barn has prevented 25% of Ohio University's solid waste from making it to the landfill. Instead, they convert tons of food and landscape waste into nutrient-rich soil in a mere 14 days. The University of Vermont found that a partnership with a local non-profit business served their composting needs. Students and dining hall staff use food waste bins to separate compostable material from other waste. The scraps are then hauled to a composting facility where they are eventually used by local farmers and gardeners. Every week UVM collects 4.96 tons of food waste to be turned into compost. From: Sustainable Campus at: http://mysustainablecampus.blogspot.com/ |