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Food Waste
FY06 181 tons
Food waste from Tufts is picked up from two haulers. Save That Stuff collects from Carmichael Dining Hall and takes the material to Rocky Hill Farm in Saugus MA. Thompson Disposal picks up material from Dewick Mac-Phie and takes it to DEP-permitted compost facilities in Massachusetts and it can travel all the way to Maine. Our food waste is combined with leaves and other organic materials to generate nutrient-rich compost for farmers and landscapers.
Keeping organic materials out of Massachusetts' already crowded landfills not only saves landfill space but also cuts the generation of methane-a powerful greenhouse gas created from organic materials' anaerobic decomposition.
Tufts students have found that compared to the amount of methane prevented by composting, the carbon emissions from the Thompson Disposal hauling truck are negligible.
For more information about composting, the world's oldest recycling system, please visit www.vegweb.com/composting.
Yard Waste
510 tons
Grafton composts all its manure, bedding and yard waste on site. The compost is used as fertilizer on the fields in Grafton.
For more info on recycling statistics click here!
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