Waste Reduction
Our goal is to increase the amount recycled to 25% of the waste stream
while decreasing our total solid waste stream by 20% by 2013.
Highlights:
- Engaging the college community in reducing consumption of products,
thereby lessening the waste stream while continuing to increase recycling.
- Continuing to upgrade and expand the recycling program, well beyond
co-mingled and paper, to further reduce solid waste disposal.
- Implementing a food composting program for pre and post consumer waste
throughout the entire campus by the end of 2013.
- Composting all yard waste generated on campus at the College. The
compost is mixed with other amendments, primarily sand, and is then
re-used on campus for landscape projects.