College campuses are getting into the composting game. Determined to reduce their "solid waste streams," students and staff are pitching their scraps and left-over lasagna into compost bins.
Ohio University has the largest "in-vessel" composting machine at any college campus. Installing the behemoth composter near their dairy barn has prevented 25% of Ohio University's solid waste from making it to the landfill. Instead, they convert tons of food and landscape waste into nutrient-rich soil in a mere 14 days.
The University of Vermont found that a partnership with a local non-profit business served their composting needs. Students and dining hall staff use food waste bins to separate compostable material from other waste. The scraps are then hauled to a composting facility where they are eventually used by local farmers and gardeners. Every week UVM collects 4.96 tons of food waste to be turned into compost.
Composting is catching on at the University of Washington, too. At UW, students even eat with compost: forks and spoons made of corn that can go right in the compost bin. Composting is so popular, it even generated a fabulous musical:
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