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Composting
Group 3: Bruno Lima, Carlo Tueros, Juan Ramirez, Karina Almanza
May 2, 2017
Professor: Joan Frank
FSM 120L
What is Composting?
Recycling Decomposed Organic Materials
Environmental
Landfills
Yard Waste
Gardens
Contaminated Waste
Anyone can do it!
Can adjust to your lifestyle
Strategies: Cons
Disadvantages
Creative recipes
Hierarchy for primary methods for waste reduction: Goals for waste reduction:
1. Reduction 50% June 30, 2008
2. Reuse 75% June 30, 2012
3. Recycling Each UC has a Zero Waste Program with
the ultimate goal of having 95% waste
4. Composting
diversion by 2020
UC Davis Strategies
Fruit and Veggie Up and The Pantry
Commercial Biodigesters (Dr. Zhang)
Food waste Clean Energy
UC Davis 50 tons of organic waste per day
20,000 tons to reusable energy per year
Compost Bins on Campus
Compost Facilities
University Events
University Catering distributes only compostable and recyclable
material for catering events.
Individual UC Campus Strategies
Proactive students are the core of composting efforts at the UC level:
UC Davis
Project compost
Individual UC Campus Strategies
UC Berkeley: Compost Alliance
UC Irvine: Waste Management Partnership
UC Santa Barbara: Compostable items
Other Strategies
Starbucks - Grounds for Your Garden
Sustainable Harvest
Fertilizer project
Tea time & coffee flour
Caffeinated cars
Sonoma Compost Company
1,600,000 tons compost
Versatile processing - vegetative food discards & yard trimmings
Discussion
A site that we have visited which deals with Pre- and Post- Consumer
Composting is Cuarto.
Have you seen any Pre- and/or Post- Consumer Composting at any other site
you have visited?
Ways to participate in composting:
BE PROACTIVE, on campus, at your favorite restaurant, in your
community.
Questions
True or False: When using compost to grow vegetables, what
materials are not allowed to be used?
What are some precautions to consider when beginning to
compost?
What are some strategies done at UC Davis to encourage
composting?
Resources
1. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/pros-cons-composting-41835.html
2. http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/3100155/Sustainable%20Practices
3. http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/progress/waste_reduction/index.html#expandi
ng
4. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/college-campuses-take-food-wast
e
5. http://www.recycleworks.org/compost/
6. http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1189
7. http://www.sustainableharvest.com/fertilizer-project/