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Issue:

OG1.1

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Collect and record all current waste from campus dining facilities for baseline data, set targets, and measure progress.

Status:

Campus Composting is collecting organic waste from Juice It Up, G'Mos, and Freudian Sip. Weight is taken for all of these items. Roughly 1,300lbs a week.
All waste data is now be tracked through the "Campus Waste and Recycling Tracking" Spreadsheet.

Party Responsible:

TUC, IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going.

Issue:

OG1.2

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Collect and record all current waste from campus dining facilities for baseline data, set targets, and measure progress

Status:

Campus Composting is collecting organic waste from Juice It Up, G'Mos, and Freudian Sip. Weight is taken for all of these items. Roughly 1,300lbs a week. All waste data is now be tracked through the "Campus Waste and Recycling Tracking" Spreadsheet.

Party Responsible:

TUC, IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going.

Issue:

OG1.3

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Use compostable or reusable food containers and utensils at all campus dining facilities wherever feasible

Status:

All Plates, Utensils, Cups and Containers (PUC’s) are compostable including Pepsi cups with the exception of hot soup containers. Franchises are excluded from this.

Party Responsible:

TUC, AS

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG1.4

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Provide pre-consumer food waste receptacles inside all campus food preparation kitchens and collect daily.

Status:

There are currently bins at all Freudian Sip locations and at G'Mos student dining facility.

Party Responsible:

TUC, IS

Next/Action Items:

In-progress. TUC needs to investigate the feasibility of rolling out this program to all TUC kitchens.

Issue:

OG1.5

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Collect coffee grounds from all campus coffee shops and compost at campus garden.

Status:

Collecting all coffee grounds from Freudian Sips.

Party Responsible:

TUC, IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going. TUC to add the new F-Sip location next FY to this program.

Issue:

OG1.6

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Expand composting operation at campus garden to incorporate pre-consumer waste from all campus kitchens.

Status:

TUC will be including organics in new RFP.

Party Responsible:

TUC, IS, AS

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG1.7

Priority:

No further action

Strategy:

Conduct pilot study to assess feasibility of composting waste paper from campus bathrooms

Status:

This will be feasible under the new waste RFP

Party Responsible:

PPM, AS, IS, TUC

Next/Action Items:

Need to discuss whether this is something the University wants to do.

Issue:

OG1.7

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Develop (or purchase) in-vessel composter to compost post-consumer waste from throughout campus

Status:

This was not a cost effective option for composting.

Party Responsible:

PPM, AS, IS, TUC

Next/Action Items:

No further action. 

Issue:

OG1.9

Priority:

2

Strategy:

Research possible uses of biodiesel fuel on campus and if viable, purchase and install a

biodiesel converter

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS, EH&S

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG1.10

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Collect and process waste vegetable oil from campus kitchens into biodiesel.

Status:

A company picks up all the waste vegetable oil for the food services locations and converts it to biodiesel off site.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS, TUC

Next/Action Items:

On-going.

Issue:

OG2.1

Priority:

No further action.

Strategy:

Provide signage at all eating establishments regarding wasting food

Status:

Waste hauler should provide signage for back of house kitchen composting. For post-consumer composting TUC will be developing signage for the bins.

Party Responsible:

PPM, AS, IS, TUC

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG2.2     

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Provide signage for all compost receptacles clearly indicating allowed substances.

Status:

Waste hauler should provide signage for back of house kitchen composting. For post-consumer composting TUC will be developing signage for the bins.

Party Responsible:

PPM, AS, IS, TUC

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG2.3

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Expand student internship program in campus garden.

Status:

Interns are funded through the IS to maintain the garden and collect compostables.

Party Responsible:

IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going.

Issue:

OG2.4

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Provide additional research opportunities for students to study composting.

Status:

Geography 404 students sampled compost for fertility, particle size, etc. This course occurs once per year.

Party Responsible:

IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going: Vermicomposting opportunities to be added.

Issue:

OG3.1

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Install a greenhouse/storage area for research and projects

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG3.2

Priority:

2

Strategy:

Install seating for an outdoor classroom

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG3.3

Priority:

2

Strategy:

Install seating for a work area for planting, washing and harvesting produce

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG3.4

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Establish an annual maintenance budget for the organic food garden

Status:

There is funding through IS for student workers, but there is no materials budget for the garden.

Party Responsible:

IS

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG3.5

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Establish sufficient space for the compost area.

Status:

Application submitted for an IRA grant for improving/expanding the compost area.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG3.6

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Assess interest in and feasibility of offering a sustainable horticulture or other gardening

class.

Status:

Under consideration.

Party Responsible:

IS, LSP, Tseng

Next/Action Items:

In-progress.

Issue:

OG4.1

Priority:

2

Strategy:

Conduct research to generate liquid fertilizer/compost tea from organic waste

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG4.2

Priority:

3

Strategy:

Establish program to use compost on campus grounds and distribute/sell excess compost

Status:

No action taken.

Party Responsible:

PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

No action taken.

Issue:

OG4.3

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Maintain and utilize campus tree inventory (GIS) for managing tree maintenance.

Status:

Tree Inventory is maintained by PPM Grounds and FPDC.

Party Responsible:

FPDC, PPM, IS

Next/Action Items:

On-going.

Issue:

OG4.4

Priority:

1

Strategy:

Investigate options for reducing areas of irrigated landscape and introducing native plants.

Status:

PPM has created a preferred plant list for the campus.
Turf removal and replacement with drought tolerant plantings and native plants.

Housing is removing sprinklers and replacing plants with native, drought tolerant.

Party Responsible:

FPDC, PPM

Next/Action Items:

Continue with turf removal and replacing with drought tolerant vegetation.