Stephanie Sepulveda LaToya Renee Garcia Michael Miller Sara Jackiewicz Evan Humphrey
To transform the majority of To transform the majority of NMSU’s NMSU’s biodegradable waste into biodegradable waste into valuable material valuable material for for the use of the use of the campus community by the campus community by implementing an in-vessel composting implementing an in-vessel composting system. system.
To take action toward the goal of To take action toward the goal of a sustainable a sustainable university by proposing the purchase of university by proposing the purchase of an an in-vessel system that will in-vessel system that will convert the convert the majority of majority of the campus’s biodegradable the campus’s biodegradable material into valuable product for the material into valuable product for the economic and environmental benefit of economic and environmental benefit of NMSU. NMSU.
NMSU student workers and volunteers will collect biodegradable waste and transport it to an energy efficient system which then converts the material into compost. The compost then will be distributed for the benefit of the campus landscaping and gardens. This plan will reduce costs to the university and increase campus sustainability through the reduction of landfill waste and by using the compost to replace former fertilizers.
NMSU ◦ ASNMSU ◦ OFS (Office of Facilities and Services) ◦ Fund-raiser City of Las Cruces ◦ Grants (Environmental, Educational, Community Development) State of New Mexico ◦ Grants (Environmental, Educational, Community Development) Private Funds (Alumni, etc.)
Containerized Composting System Containerized Composting System Composting in modular roll-off containers is flexible and expandable. Composting in roll-off containers allows enormous flexibility in system design and operation. The same CompTainer module can be used to compost from 1 to 100 tons per day. If odor and process control are concerns, then the CCS is the technology you need.
Green Mountain Technologies Green Mountain Technologies Main Office 5350 McDonald Ave. Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110 (802) 368-7291 Fax: (802) 368-7313 Van Calbez www.composting technology.com (206) 319-7102 Wright Environmental Management Inc. Wright Environmental Management Inc. 9050 Yonge Street, Suite 300, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C 9S6 Tel: (905) 881-3950 Fax: (905) 881-2334 EBoyd@WrightEnvironmental.com www.WrightEnvironmental.com
• -Frenger Food Court • TAOS • -Snack Bar • Catering • -West 100 Café • Concessions • -Golf Course • Retail Stores • Upcoming Subway CHRIS’S OPERATIONS OTHER OPERATIONS
On average Taos - 40% of the cooked food produces about is thrown out ◦ 200 lbs a day in waste - 500 lbs = 62.5 gallons of product that is raw remaining material material that could be includes cardboard and used in composting eating ware (also thrown out) ◦ equivalent to 100 gals each day (estimation) ◦ 60% of cooked product mixed w/ paper and is pulped in the machine
CARBON SOURCE CARBON SOURCE Nitrogen Sources Raw food material Cardboard and 3 Cardboard and 3 compartment plates and compartment plates and eating ware eating ware (Functioning 5 days a week) (Functioning 5 days a week) 500lbs per day 200lbs per day 500 lbs times 5= 2,500lbs per week 200lbs times 5=1,000lbs per week 2,500lbs times 4= 10,000 lbs per month 1,000 times 4= 4,000lbs per month of raw material (Functioning 7 days a week) 500 lbs per day 500lbs times 7= 3,500 lbs per week (Functioning 7 days a week) 3,500lbs times 4= 14,000lbs per month 200lbs per day 200lbs times 7= 1,400lbs per week 1,400lbs times 4= 5,600 per month of raw 300 lbs of nitrogen and 500 of carbon per 300 lbs of nitrogen and 500 of carbon per material day of compostable mater day of composta ble material (from (from Taos Taos) 1 short ton =2,000 lbs Pulped (c Pulped (cooked) ooked) food with paper food with paper (Note: this is considered a ton in the US) 100lbs of pulped (cooked) food with paper per day 1 long ton = 2240 lbs 100lbs times 5= 500lbs per week 500lbs times 4=2,000lbs per month of (Note: this is considered a ton in the UK) pulped material
Education Volunteers Outreach Funding
“You can measure the sustainability of a university by the percentage of biodegradable materials that are being composted.” -CFTF CFTF contact information: Stephanie Sepulveda (215) 688-0857 stephsep@nmsu.edu
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