Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.07
Liaison Elisabeth Reed
Submission Date Feb. 16, 2012
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Illinois State University
IN-1: Innovation 1

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Elisabeth Reed
Director
Office of Sustainability
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A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome :

Community Food Waste Composting. Illinois State University partnered with a private hauler to create a community wide food-waste composting program. The hauler contracts with area businesses and institutions to haul food waste to the University Farm where it is composted with community yard-waste and livestock manure. In it's first year the hauler reported nearly one million pounds of food waste was diverted from the landfill.


A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available :
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