Tuesday, May 10th

Name: Office of Sustainability

Agency: Ohio University's composte facility and Ecohouse

Type of program/funding: 


Funding

The majority of funding comes in the form of grant money.

Programs

They currently collect from 2 dining areas on campus (Central Food Facility and Shively Dining Hall).  Both pre/post consumer waste is collected. In approximately 14 days OU converts the waste too Class II and Class IV composte.  It is than used throughout campus for various landscaping projects and repair of the intramural fields,


Monitoring/Evaluation: 


The composte is inspected for quality before the university uses it for any purpose.

Role of RD:

As an RD we maybe asked to help develop or expand a company or hospitals composting system.  We need to have a strong understand of how composte is created and different options for how it can be recycled and reused.