Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.15
Liaison Alex Roman Gonzalez
Submission Date March 11, 2014
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STARS v1.2

University of Cincinnati
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Claire Sweigart
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have a pre-consumer food waste composting program?:
Yes

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A brief description of the pre-consumer food waste composting program:
A composting program at one of our dining centers began in the Fall of 2013. Staff sorts both pre-consumer and post-consumer food waste for composting, and it is hauled to a commercial composting facility. The program includes one dining center, MarketPointe Dining Center, as well as the used coffee grounds from campus Cafe's and Starbucks on campus.

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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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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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