Hi all,
Leaves are turning on campus, midterms are over, and students have started to depart campus for Fall Break. Which means that the S.C.R.A.P. Lab will also be getting a rest and will be temporarily shut down during this time. In preparation, the team focused on gradually emptying the compost from the system’s vessel over the last week.
During Fall Break, Gina will be attending the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)’s annual conference and will be co-presenting with several other higher education institutions on a session titled, On-Site Composting: How to Start, Evolve, and Overcome Challenges.
With on-site composting becoming an increasingly important and recognized food waste diversion strategy to meet institutional sustainability goals, the session will provide useful information and resources so other colleges/universities can assess which processes are best suited to start or grow their own campus composting programs. The S.C.R.A.P. Lab will be featured as one of several case studies that will provide session participants with a better understanding of different composting systems and their associated operations.
Data
See below for the cumulative to-date data going into Fall Break:
| Total Food | Academic/Residential Buildings | Campus Center/Cafes | Wood Shavings (BA/CS) | % BA/CS | Compost Off-Loaded | GHG Emissions Saved (MTCO2-eq) | |
| Cumulative (lbs) | 139,283 | 3,385 | 135,898 | 45,136 | 32% | 136,200 | 41 |