Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.66
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Grand Valley State University
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Sharon Munski
Office Coordinator
Sustainability Initiative
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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:

Pre-Consumer composting is available at all of our dining locations. We have separate bins for composting, recycling, and landfill waste at all of our dining locations for ease of separation. Our goal is to be zero waste and eliminate the landfill bin all together.


The overall percentage of meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
91

The percentage of meal plan meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
99

The percentage of retail facility meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
89

The percentage of conference meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
98

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