Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.91
Liaison Nathan King
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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Virginia Tech
OP-T2-8: PostConsumer Food Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Elena Dulys-Nusbaum
Sustainability Coordinator
Dining Services
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Does the institution have a postconsumer food waste composting program?:
Yes

A brief description of the postconsumer food waste composting program:

Our post-consumer composting program began in October of 2009 with Owens Food Court. Staff in this location were trained by the Sustainability Coordinator and the composting company so that they could learn to sort compost properly and effectively. Since then, D2, Au Bon Pain (ABP) Squires, and ABP GLC have joined the program. All of our compost, pre and post-consumer, is picked up and processed by a local family operation located just miles away in Riner, VA.

For an article about Dining Service’s composting program see: http://blogs.roanoke.com/ticker/2011/04/12/virginia-tech-cuts-waste-with-dining-services-composting-program/

For more information about the company that processes Virginia Tech’s compostable material please see: http://www.poplarmanorenterprises.com/


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