During the 9/27 Farmers Market, the Office of Sustainability put on a waste sorting activity to test student, staff, and faculty knowledge.
The campus accepts trash, recycling, and compostable material, however, not everyone understands where everything is meant to go. Materials such as an empty milk carton, gum wrappers, wooden cheese and meat blocks, cardboard, etc. were set up and individuals were meant to sort them under the corresponding signage. The majority of students and faculty properly sorted the material, however, they were surprised to find out that meat and cheese is compostable at UMD through our robust composting system!
This was a quick and easy way to help students visually understand how to sort their waste when in places like their dorm halls and STAMP.
You can also find more information on UMD’s composting system and various locations for recycling/composting around campus.
