Approximately 20 percent of the trash Cal Poly sends to landfill is food waste. In an audit of trash from Poly Canyon Village, the heaviest weight came from half-eaten burritos and pasta jars half full of sauce. A new composting program on campus is attempting to change that. When food is composted, it can be […]
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Why Cal Poly waste can’t be composted
The issue arose because students placed too many non-compostable items into the on-campus compost bins.
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Cal Poly Zeros in on Waste
Currently, people on campus have a habit of throwing their items straight into the landfill, sustainability coordinator Kylee Singh said.
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Composting on campus
New compost programs are being implemented around campus.
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Quiz: Is your Starbucks cup recyclable or compostable?
Take the quiz and find out.
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Students make trash green
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net When general engineering junior McKinnley Workman realized Cal Poly lacked a reasonable composting system, she took matters into her own hands. Workman is one of the founders of Cal Poly Composters, a group that aims to make it easier for students living on campus to sustainably remove their waste. The system is […]
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Creating dirty hands for the sake of education
This week is all about composting at Cal Poly Center for Sustainability. The Center is hosting compost training until Friday this week, put on by the Maine Compost School and funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The training includes presentations from experts, lab exercises and hands-on experience related to various aspects of […]