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Composting

 

Another Boost for the Greening of Stanford – Compost Pilot Program on the Row

Update 10-9-07

Compost facilities are now available at 100% of the student managed kitchens across the Stanford campus. If your house is not actively participating please email Nick Peters (see below) for help.

Additional information/factoids:

The 5 Rs of Zero Waste – Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Buy Recycled, Rot

The Row program alone has a projected ability to help divert an additional 2000-3000 cubic yards/year of landfill.

Red Cups - red plastics cups are made of #6 Plastic, also known as PS or Polystyrene and are not recyclable.

Pizza Boxes and food soiled paper are accepted in Food Waste bins.

Mixed paper recycling bins accept any paper that can be torn as well as plastic grocery bags, bubble wrap, and even the plastic packaging material used by Amazon.com

The dumpsters are locked to prevent contamination.

The program targets a break even cost analysis whereby savings in normal garbage landfill capacity utilization is offset by the additional service.

 

Stanford Composting Specs

Food Waste Training Docs

Organics at Stanford

Smithsonian Article

Woods Institute for the Environment (Stanford University)

WorldChanging.com

Critical Thought and Biofuel - the need to conserve - David Pimental is a big critic of biofuel and claims ethanol is not net positive energy in and out

A very thoughtful rebuke to Pimentel by David Blume about ethanol (alcohol) based fuels from local Santa Cruz PBS Radio.

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