College of the Holy Cross
OP-8: Food Recovery
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Carly
Thibodeau Director of Sustainability Sustainability |
8.1 Food recovery program
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s surplus food donation program:
Dining works with several local shelters and food pantries to coordinate can drives and food donations throughout the year. https://www.holycross.edu/campus-life/dining/commitment-sustainability?
Do the institution’s dining services divert pre-consumer food waste from disposal for processing and use as animal feed, compost, and/or biofuel?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s pre-consumer food waste diversion program:
Kimball Main Dining Hall & Kimball Food Court recycle or compost 100% of all waste, including per-consumer waste. https://www.holycross.edu/campus-life/dining/commitment-sustainability
Do the institution’s dining services divert post-consumer food waste from disposal for processing and use as animal feed, compost, and/or biofuel?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s post-consumer food waste diversion program:
Kimball Main Dining Hall & Kimball Food Court recycle or compost 100% of all waste, including all post-consumer waste. Any waste that cannot be recycled or composted is burned for energy. In the first year of this initiative 110 tons of food waste that would have otherwise been thrown in a landfill was composted. Food waste goes to a local pig farm or a regional composting facility. https://www.holycross.edu/campus-life/dining/commitment-sustainability?
Do the institution’s dining services track and assess their food and organic materials management efforts on at least an annual basis to inform ongoing improvements?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s food and organic materials management tracking and assessment initiatives:
Food waste volume is tracked across all campus composting locations, both monthly according to reports from our compost hauler, and also weekly in our main dinig hall location to measure the impact throughout the semester and year.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
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