| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.09 |
| Liaison | Jen Crothers |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of British Columbia
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Loriann
McGowan Director, Food Service Operations UBC Food Services |
Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:
As part of an ongoing commitment to developing sustainable business practices, the goal of Food Services is to reduce the quantity of solid matter that enters the waste stream. Working with UBC Waste Management, pre- and post-consumer organic waste is composted in an in-vessel compost facility on campus and is used as fertilizer for UBC grounds. By composting waste and using the biodegraded product on campus, the amount of waste going into the usual waste stream was reduced by over 125 tons last year. http://www.food.ubc.ca/sustainability/sustainability-initiatives
The first pre-consumer composting program was introduced into AMS Food and Beverage Department in 2003. Now the program has been expanded to every AMS food outlet and we compost 100 per cent of our pre-consumer food waste. http://www.ams.ubc.ca/campus-life/ams-sustainability/what-we-are-doing/
The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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