Here’s a little info about making food into dirt, so we can make dirt into food. The process here may seem a bit mysterious, especially when the only reference points are smelly buckets in the halls.
What is compostable here?
Any non-meat, non-dairy foods are fine.
Where can composting take place?
At this point, many halls and houses have their own small buckets. When these buckets are full, residents can empty their compost into backyard composters at several locations: Buddhist House, Earth House, Chinese House, Outhouse, Well-Being House, and the Bayit (just so you know what to look for: these composters are large black plastic cylinders). For people in the Butts or on Foss Hill, compost pick-up will be happening every Thursday in two locations: behind Summerfields and at the Fauver trash enclosure (to the left of the main freshman Fauver entrance). Just drop off your full bucket in the morning, and we’ll have an empty one ready for you before dark that day.
Where does all this waste eventually end up?
We’ve acquired three earth tubs, located out at Long Lane Farm. These self-contained composting units can hold three cubic yards of waste, and are insulated for winter composting. Pretty neat!
Hopefully this info will encourage more composting (or fewer overflowing buckets) on campus- the backyard composters and Thursday pick-ups are great resources. If you have questions/concerns about waste, or if you’d like a compost bucket of your very own, email compost@wesleyan.edu.
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