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Composting At Regis University

Composting At Regis University. Beginning Spring Semester 2012. Why is Composting Important?. It reduces the waste sent to our landfills:

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Composting At Regis University

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  1. Composting At Regis University Beginning Spring Semester 2012

  2. Why is Composting Important? • It reduces the waste sent to our landfills: The compostable matter in our landfills, buried under layers of other municipal waste, is not exposed to oxygen. Without any access to oxygen this organic matter will not break down, but rather produce and release, methane, a harmful green house gas, into our atmosphere. Landfills are now ranked one of the top three producers of methane gas. In addition, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27% of our US municipal solid waste, sent to the landfill, is in the form of yard and food waste, which can be composted. We are running out of landfill space, yet our communities are generating significantly larger amounts of solid waste each year due to consumption habits and population growth.

  3. Larimer County Landfill outside of Fort Collins, Colorado • Through partnership with Waste Farmers, we hope to significantly decrease the waste Regis University contributes • to local landfills

  4. Why is Composting Important? • Compost Returns Nutrients to Depleted Soil and Conditions it for a Sustainable and Prosperous Future • The environmentally conscious technique of composting recycles organic materials to create a highly nutrient compliment for the existing soil. It serves as a healthy substitute for toxic pesticides, fertilizers and other synthetic growth supplements that contaminate our food, land and water. Soil is a fundamental resource for our existence. It is important that we protect and prepare it for future generations.

  5. What to Compost: All Food Scraps: • Plate Scrapings • Coffee Grounds • Tea Bags • Meat • Bones • Fish • Dairy Products • Baked goods • Food Soiled Paper: • Paper Plates and Cups • Milk Cartons • Waxed Cardboard Food and Beverage Boxes

  6. What NOT to Compost: • Glass • Plastic • Metal • Liquids • Grease • Other non-biodegradable items

  7. About Waste Farmers: • Waste Farmers is our third party composting company. They transform our organic waste and renewable resources into nutrient dense food for the soil. They are creating organic fertilizers and other economically and environmentally sustainable alternatives to fossil chemicals. As a company, they strive to create large-scale systems of operation sustained by local food production and consumption. They recently joined with Alpine Waste Company who is now responsible for collecting waste from 150 customers. Waste Farmers focuses whole-heartedly on the science and production of the highest quality compost. They transform the the collected waste into a valuable and environmentally sustainable resource.

  8. More About Waste Farmers: • Waste Farmers strives is to reach urbanites at a municipal level. They want to break the preconceived notion that farming and composting is a distant practice limited to rural agricultural areas. They strive to inform people that composting organic waste can easily occur in the city and suburban areas. In fact, the re-envisioning of composting possibilities is essential to the existence of future generations.

  9. Regis University, Bon Appétit, and Waste Farmers: Together We Compost • As stated in our Mission, Regis University strives to educate its students in a value-centered environment and “encourage the continual search for truth, values and a just existence.” Regis University is committed to the common good and strives to minimize our environmental impact. This commitment, along with other factors, brought Bon Appétit Management Company, a company devoted to sustainability, to Regis University this past summer. Bon Appétit Management Company’s mission statement is “food services for a sustainable future.” Bon Appétit and Regis have hired Waste Farmers, as experts in composting, to ensure we are composting in the most effective and beneficial way. Together we are doing what we can to minimize the environmental devastation of our excess waste and prepare the land for future generations.

  10. Work Cited • Environmental Protection Agency. (2011, November 15). Wastes-Resource Conservation-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-Composting. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/index.htm. • Waste farmers. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.wastefarmers.com/ • Bon Appétit Management Company. (2011). Policies-Bon Appétit Management Company. Retrieved fromhttp://www.bamco.com/newsroom/sustainable-sourcing/policies.

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