compost
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Environment
UGA Addresses On-Campus Food Waste with New Sustainability Initiatives
With five dining halls in every corner of campus, University of Georgia students have convenient access to food at a moment’s notice. However, this comes at a cost. On-campus dining halls produce thousands of pounds of food waste each week. The UGA Office of Sustainability is hoping to reduce waste…
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Solutions Journalism
From Waste to Growth: UGA Student Composting Efforts Grow on Campus
If you’ve ever spotted bright orange bikes whizzing around the University of Georgia’s campus, you may have wondered what they’re up to. These bikes belong to the UGA Campus Compost Program and are driven by student interns working with the Office of Sustainability. Their mission? Collecting compostable waste from across…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose
Among the hustle and bustle of the University of Georgia, a bright orange tricycle transports dark green compost containers throughout campus. Emme McCumiskey, an intern at the UGA Campus Compost Program, arrives at various offices and residence halls on her electric-powered trike. Walking in empty-handed, she often leaves these buildings…
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Environment
From Trash to Dirt: What To Do With Your Leftover Food
Banana peels, coffee grounds, cardboard and egg shells. These items get automatically tossed into the depths of kitchen trash cans everyday, not to be thought of again until they begin to produce a foul odor. However, these, and many other pieces of trash, could be used to help slow the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Composting Programs Help Business Owners, The Environment
University of Georgia students might be familiar with the UGA Campus Compost Program which collects food scraps from multiple bins around campus. The Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department hosts similar composting programs, including food scraps collection for businesses and six drop-off sites for composting around the county. Reducing Food Waste…
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Environment
Zero Waste Athletics at Georgia Soccer Score Goal
Looking at concessions alone, sporting events produce a considerable amount of waste. Denise Plemmons, the waste reduction coordinator for the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, said the landfill typically receives an additional 35-40 tons of landfill waste after a University of Georgia home football game. According to the University of Georgia…
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Environment
10 Years In, UGA Campus Compost Program Hopes to Simultaneously Expand and Become Nonexistent
When Sahana Parker, a fourth-year majoring in astrophysics and geography, was a first-year student, she saw people on bright orange trikes whizzing across campus and wondered what in the world they were doing. She knew she had to find some way to get involved with that program, whatever it was. …
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Athens-Clarke County
How Local Trash Disposal Affects Climate Change
Approximately 300 tons of material is disposed of in the Athens-Clarke County Landfill daily. The average dump truck holds 12 to 14 tons of waste, so approximately 23 dump truck loads of garbage are dumped into the 289-acre landfill per day. Yet, not all of it should be garbage. “About…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Solid Waste Department Teaching Classes on How to Compost
Athens, Ga., - The Athens solid waste department is teaching a three month class to help people learn how to compost