| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.97 |
| Liaison | Alison Pugh |
| Submission Date | Jan. 16, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Edmonds College
OP-T2-23: Landscape Waste Composting
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Stanley
Linder Associate Director of Facilities - Grounds & EMS Facilities |
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Does the institution compost or mulch waste from grounds keeping, including grass trimmings?:
Yes
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A brief description of the composting or mulching program:
All EdCC grounds mowers do not have catchers. Our main Kubota Lawn mower has a mulching deck, and all grass trimmings are incorporated back into the lawns/soils. Currently because of cost to Cedar Grove Compost (our contracted composter), we have been composting all weeds/leaves/excavated soils (except for Horsetail), and they are deposited on site into our composting area where we handle 50-200 yards of composting soils for our on-campus landscaping projects. This year we had a community give away (Triton’s Earth Garden Soil) managed by our students (project management class) and grounds staff that processed 80-100 yards of compost soil and collected $500.00 donations for our College Foundation. Branches/ Pruning/ Tree removal are collected in our composting area and then removed in large containers to a soil contractor that grinds up this product and produces topsoils. We are hoping to get our own chipper, but this is for future. Tree Trimming companies throughout the Lynnwood/Seattle area yearly deposit 100-500 yards chips that are used for our landscape beds throughout campus and the deteriorated or unusable chips in our beds are incorporated into our composting soils.
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The percentage of landscape waste that is mulched or composted onsite:
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The percentage of landscape waste that is mulched or composted off-site:
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The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
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