Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.15
Liaison Laura Young
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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Michigan State University
Tier2-6: Post-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Carla Iansiti
Sustainability Officer
Culinary Services
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Does the institution have a post-consumer food waste composting program?:
Yes

A brief description of the post-consumer food waste composting program:

Brody Square dining hall, which serves 7,000 meals per day, has a Somat Pulper in the dish room and an extractor that captures all post consumer waste.

A portion of the material is being used and evaluated for vermi-composting program at the MSU student Organic Farms and an on-campus anaerobic digester.


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