What a way to kick-off Earth Week!
The Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling has just announced that UNC Chapel Hill has won the Carolina Recycling Association’s annual award for Outstanding Composting or Organics Recycling Program! This achievement is the result of three campus groups: Carolina Dining Services (CDS), the Department of Lab and Animal Medicine (DLAM), and the Grounds Department. Together the recycling efforts of these three groups make up 38% of this year’s total campus recycling. The collection of animal bedding by DLAM accounts for almost 16% of the total campus waste diversion by weight. Food waste collection by Carolina Dining Services is almost 14% and the yard waste processing by Grounds is another 8%. All total, 2.3 million pounds of food waste, animal bedding and yard waste were composted or recycled from campus last year.
Read all about this honor on the official press release at:
http://www.fac.unc.edu/wastereduction/trend/cra%202009%20compost%20press%20release.pdf
