Compost Pilot Initiative at Georgia Southern University

During the Spring 2009 semester, Georgia Southern University is composting dining hall food waste in a collaborative pilot program. The exploratory project is led by a graduate student from the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health and grant funded through a sustainability incentive grant awarded through the Office of Sustainability in the College of Science [...]

Food Waste Audit at the University of Florida- UF BioEnergy Summer School 07

The 2007 Bioenergy Summer Interns conducted a waste audit on the University of Florida campus. They collected the biodegradable plates, cups, and forks as well as the thrown-away food from the ‘Krishna Lunch’ served at the University of Florida to study the suitability of the plates for composting and the food scraps for anaerobic digestion [...]