| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.08 |
| Liaison | Carrie Metzgar |
| Submission Date | May 18, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of California, San Diego
Tier2-5: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Kristin
Hansen Sustainability Analyst Auxiliary & Plant Services |
Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:
Pre-consumer food scraps are collected from campus dining halls and taken to a central compactor which is then taken to the City's Greenery Food Scrap composting program. The Dining Hall pre-consumer food scrap program collection averages 4 tons/week.
UC San Diego's Compost Team collects pre-consumer waste from UC San Diego and composts it using tumblers and vermiculture. UC San Diego's Compost Team is a group of students dedicated to composting UC San Diego's organic waste. Students formed the team in late 2007. They run a program that brings organic waste from the Food Co-op to a compost site located on campus. The program is growing and other campus organizations are in line to participate as well such as Pete's Coffee located in the new RIMAC Annex complex.
The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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