Getting to Zero Waste with Composting
description
Transcript of Getting to Zero Waste with Composting
Getting to Zero Waste with CompostingNick Kordesch
Sustainability Coordinator
San Francisco State University
2
San Francisco’s Compost Program
Mandatory Recycling and Composting in 2009
Zero waste by 2020
3
Starting Compost Collection at SF State
• 1980s: Food waste compost collection starts
• 2006: Student Center starts large-scale compost program
4
Campus-Wide Composting
• Dining center compost collection
• 120 three-bin systems in 2012
5
How are we doing?
6
New Project: Compost in Apartment Style Housing
• Adding compost bins
• Removing trash chutes
• Right-sizing bins
7
New Project: Compost in Dorm Style Housing
8
Compost Education
• Some faculty and staff are exposed to City’s outreach
• Students are new to composting
9
New Project: Compost in Bathrooms
• Academic Buildings: Classrooms vs. Bathrooms
10
New Project: Build collection stations in new Buildings
11
See it for yourself at CHESC 2015!
Closing the compost loop
Nick Kordesch – [email protected]
sustain.sfsu.edu