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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

CHRIS’S OPERATIONS OTHER OPERATIONS

• TAOS
• Catering
• Concessions
• Retail Stores
• Upcoming Subway
• -Frenger Food Court
• -Snack Bar
• -West 100 Café
• -Golf Course

 On average Taos

produces about

• 200 lbs a day in waste

product that is raw material that could be used in composting

• equivalent to 100 gals

each day (estimation)

• 60% of cooked product

mixed w/ paper and is pulped in the machine

• 40% of the cooked food

is thrown out

• 500 lbs = 62.5 gallons of

remaining material includes cardboard and eating ware (also thrown

• ut)

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Nitrogen Sources

Raw food material (Functioning 5 days a week) 200lbs per day 200lbs times 5=1,000lbs per week 1,000 times 4= 4,000lbs per month of raw material (Functioning 7 days a week) 200lbs per day 200lbs times 7= 1,400lbs per week 1,400lbs times 4= 5,600 per month of raw material Pulped (c Pulped (cooked)

• oked) food with paper

food with paper 100lbs of pulped (cooked) food with paper per day 100lbs times 5= 500lbs per week 500lbs times 4=2,000lbs per month of pulped material

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CARBON SOURCE CARBON SOURCE Cardboard and Cardboard and 3 3 compartment plates and compartment plates and eating ware eating ware (Functioning 5 days a week) 500lbs per day 500 lbs times 5= 2,500lbs per week 2,500lbs times 4= 10,000 lbs per month (Functioning 7 days a week) 500 lbs per day 500lbs times 7= 3,500 lbs per week 3,500lbs times 4= 14,000lbs per month 300 lbs 300 lbs of nitrogen and 500 of carbon per

• f nitrogen and 500 of carbon per

day of composta day of compostable mater ble material (from (from Taos Taos) 1 short ton =2,000 lbs (Note: this is considered a ton in the US) 1 long ton = 2240 lbs (Note: this is considered a ton in the UK)

 Education  Volunteers  Outreach  Funding

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“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