| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.16 |
| Liaison | Lissette Hernandez |
| Submission Date | Sept. 20, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Florida International University
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting
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Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
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A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:
Fresh Food Company, Faculty Club & Panther Catering composts their pre consumer food waste and coffee grounds at the organic garden on campus. The composting program is possible with the help of partners, Aramark Grounds, Agroecology Program at FIU, and Garden Club. This effort has kept over nineteen tons of vegetative waste and coffee grounds out of the landfill and has helped supply the organic garden on campus with enough soil to expand their garden ¼ acre with tropical fruit trees and has kept them from outsourcing their soil for a year. The produce grown from the soil Panther Dining helped produce is sold to the local FIU community through the weekly farmer’s market. The compost area has also been a tool for workshops and tours to educate students, faculty and staff on how composting works and how it can be imitated at home.
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The overall percentage of meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
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The percentage of meal plan meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
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The percentage of retail facility meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
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The percentage of conference meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
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The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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