Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Patrick McKee
Submission Date April 15, 2013
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University of Connecticut
OP-T2-7: Pre-Consumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Laura Dunn
Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Environmental Policy
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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:

Three of our dining units, South, Whitney and Buckley have eCorrect machines which compost. Waste is sent to the University landscaping service to be used on campus. Two additional dining halls will have eCorrect machines installed shortly.


The overall percentage of meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
35

The percentage of meal plan meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
35

The percentage of retail facility meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
0

The percentage of conference meals for which pre-consumer scraps are composted:
60

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

Caterign and retail meal service programs use recycling but not composting.


Caterign and retail meal service programs use recycling but not composting.

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