Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.01
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date May 8, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Cal Poly Humboldt
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ron Rudebock
Director
HSU Dining Services
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Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
Yes

A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:

HSU Dining Services participates in PreConsumer composting at all locations where food is prepared. All scraps from the food preparation process are collected into bins, which are taken by Humboldt Waste Management to a composting facility. HSU Dining Services has worked very closely with the campus Sustainability Department and Humboldt Waste Management Authority to pilot one of the largest scale composting systems in Humboldt County to date.


The overall percentage of meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
100

The percentage of meal plan meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
100

The percentage of retail facility meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
100

The percentage of conference meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
100

The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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