Getting to Zero Waste with Composting
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Getting to Zero Waste with CompostingNick Kordesch
Sustainability Coordinator
San Francisco State University
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San Francisco’s Compost Program
Mandatory Recycling and Composting in 2009
Zero waste by 2020
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Starting Compost Collection at SF State
• 1980s: Food waste compost collection starts
• 2006: Student Center starts large-scale compost program
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Campus-Wide Composting
• Dining center compost collection
• 120 three-bin systems in 2012
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How are we doing?
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New Project: Compost in Apartment Style Housing
• Adding compost bins
• Removing trash chutes
• Right-sizing bins
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New Project: Compost in Dorm Style Housing
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Compost Education
• Some faculty and staff are exposed to City’s outreach
• Students are new to composting
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New Project: Compost in Bathrooms
• Academic Buildings: Classrooms vs. Bathrooms
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New Project: Build collection stations in new Buildings
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See it for yourself at CHESC 2015!
Closing the compost loop
Nick Kordesch – [email protected]
sustain.sfsu.edu