Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.19
Liaison V.S. (Raghu) Raghavan
Submission Date Sept. 6, 2012
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STARS v1.1

Mount Holyoke College
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Nancy Apple
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
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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:

During the spring semester of 2005, Dining Services started a composting program of pre- and post-consumer waste in all full and limited full service centers. For Dining Services staff, there are bins "behind the scenes" in Mount Holyoke kitchens to compost pre-consumer food prep waste, including items such as potato peels, lettuce trimmings, and the like. The compost is picked up from the dining halls three times a week and brought to a farm in Belchertown, MA.


The website URL where information about the composting program is available:
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