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At This Campus Lab, Worms Eat Your Leftovers

Worms at the NC State Composting Learning Lab recycle organic material like food waste into compost.

Talley Student Union implements post-consumer composting

NC State’s Talley Student Union will pilot two post-consumer composting stations this fall, making it the first building on the university’s campus to provide such a service.

Composting Program Diverts Food Waste

WRR worked with University Dining to plan and coordinate the implementation of a full scale food waste composting program on campus. As a first step,...

A Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

NC State University has launched composting in all campus dining hall facilities. The initiative will help the university reach the goal of diverting 65% of...

University Dining Considers Composting

A recent audit by Waste Reduction and Recycling (WRR) found that 70 percent of waste generated at Fountain Dining Hall was compostable. The four-hour audit,...

Taking Down the Trash

NCSU student helps save the planet by speeding up decomposition Submitted by: Eleanor Spicer – Staff Writer – Technician Reprinted with permission Fiber and polymer...