| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.18 |
| Liaison | Allie Schwartz |
| Submission Date | Nov. 30, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Columbia University
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Cathy
Resler Manager Office of Environmental Stewardship |
Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:
Columbia Dining is contributing pre-consumer food scraps to an in-vessel composter the Rocket, that has been installed in Ruggles Hall. It is expected to produce about 160 gallons of compost in each two-week cycle based on an estimate of 400-lbs. of food scraps. Additionally, Columbia Dining recovers and recycles about 4,000 gallons of frying oil annually through The Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing, and Able resource recovery program. All oil collected is recycled into biodiesel.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory campus hosts a “backyard compost project”. The project got under way with more than $400 in donations from scientists and staffers. The three-bin system, built of wood, chicken wire and fiberglass, receives from 60 to 100 gallon containers of food scraps each week from cafeteria food preparation and lunch scraps from two campus buildings.
Additional URLS regarding Cooking Oil Recycling:
http://dining.columbia.edu/local-and-sustainable#waste
and
http://www.doe.org/programs/?programID=1
Additional information about the Rocket composter:
http://www.environment.columbia.edu/newsandprofiles/compostingcomingtomorningsidecampus
The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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