Compost
Where are the Farmers?
If you want to tackle the issue of composting or food waste, reach out to farmers and include them in your discussions. You might be amazed at how much more successful your efforts are.
September 2, 2019
Operations
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Metrics
Reducing Food Waste
Who or what are you feeding with your dining dollars? Perhaps focusing on the answer to that question will help you meet your foodservice sustainability goals.
November 13, 2018
Operations
Piecing Together an Effective Recycling System
A recycling program is made up of many different pieces. As you grow your program, one of the biggest challenges is making sure those pieces fit together into an effective system.
April 24, 2017
Operations
The Road to Achieving Zero Waste at your Next Event
Working towards and achieving a zero waste event may seem like a daunting task. Yes, it is not an easy feat to divert all of your waste away from landfill; however there are several common strategies to working towards a zero waste goal at your next event. It is necessary to remember it is the steps along your journey, not your end product that will make your goal have a lasting effect and a legacy for future generations.
September 14, 2016
Best Practices
What You Buy & What You Throw Away
Somewhere along the line we have become distracted by aggregated waste audits and national studies. In the process we too often miss a simple correlation.
July 22, 2014
Education
Know Your Campus, Part 2
For this part 2, I am focusing on some of the differences between public and private schools. Every school has a complicated mix of funding sources, a lot of which I am going to gloss over (consider this the intro 100-level version). For those of you who are recent students making the transition to coordinator or who are folks new to working with schools, I am hoping this overview helps.
May 30, 2014
Best Practices
Different Than Home
When you set up a recycling program, one struggle that you often encounter is that some people think they already know everything about recycling.
May 14, 2014
Education
Sustainability Projects and Student Groups
As a staff member or administrator, working with student clubs and organizations can sometimes be both the most rewarding experience and sometimes the most frustrating. Don’t let this potentially great experience be doomed by false expectations.
September 12, 2013
Best Practices
Helping Students Understand Staff
Every year, the Beloit Mindset List tries to help faculty and staff relate to the mindset of the incoming 1st year college class. As a faculty or staff member, this is a terrifying list, where you realize how old you are getting. But what about the reverse? How does an incoming class understand the 30-65 year old faculty and staff around them?
August 28, 2013
Education
Aligning Chores, Part 1
There are a lot of different materials to recycle on a college or university campus and a lot of steps needed to make recycling work. So how do you decide who does what tasks?
October 18, 2012
