Composting Services at Cañada College!
Starting today,
composting services will begin in The Grove cafeteria and in all campus
restrooms! When you put something in the garbage it doesn’t just go away. The
waste we generate as a campus has adverse impacts to the environment and to
people. That’s why we are instituting a food waste diversion program – to keep
the planet and people healthier!
The
Grove
The
Grove in Building 5 will introduce new bins with three streams for landfill,
recycling, and compost. Click here for a list of
items that can go in each bin.
Restrooms
Paper
towels can be composted. Therefore, restroom paper towel dispensers and bins
will have new signage to educate users on disposing “paper towels only” in
restroom bins and all other waste in designated landfill bins.
In
addition to doing the right thing, the San Mateo County Community College
District (SMCCCD) will now be compliant with CA Assembly Bill 1826: Mandatory
Commercial Organics Recycling, and is also one of the first community college
districts to implement a comprehensive composting program.
Composting
will be deployed throughout the campus in a series of phases throughout the
next year, beginning with The Grove and campus restrooms. For more
information about SMCCCD’s Zero Waste Program, click here and check out the
Sustainability at
SMCCCD Facebook Page for updates.
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