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Fact Sheet - Food Waste Recycling

Food waste and paper products are currently collected at Lenoir Dining Hall, Rams Head and the Friday Center. Dining Service employees separate food waste for composting.  

Material is stored in 65-gallon carts located throughout food prep and dishwashing areas, or on the loading dock. Rams Head actually uses a food waste pulper, which removes a large percentage of moisture form the compostable waste before collection in the carts. Carts are brought to a staging area when full.  The material is collected by Brooks Contractors 6 times/week and composted at their facility in Goldston, NC.

This program was borne out of a pilot program run at the University during the Special Olympics in 1999.  The current system has been in place since mid-August 2000. Based on current tonnage figures, we estimate a waste stream diversion of 260 tons/year of food waste.  The annual tonnage diverted will increase as the program expands.

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