Luther College
Tier2-6: Post-Consumer Food Waste Composting

The cafeteria on campus offers post-consumer composting. Post-consumer compost in the cafeteria is collected in two blue bins at either end of the tray return, adjacent to brown trash bins. The bins are clearly marked by labels both on the wall above each respective bin, and on the bins themselves. There are also signs above each compost bin denoting what food items are compostable and which should not be composted. In addition, Luther students have started disposing of fruit and vegetable waste in worm composting bins installed Jan. 15, 2010 in seven of Luther’s residence halls by students from the Luther Sustainability program. Students are asked to place their fruit and vegetable food waste, as well as shredded newspapers, paper receipts and old class notes in the compost bins where red worms will convert it to organic matter that will become rich, black loam soil in the Luther Gardens.