Compost
UMPI started a compost pile in September, 2017 with the support of Sodexo – our food service provider. We compost well over 1,000 pounds of pre- and post-consumer food waste by collecting food three times per week in 50 gallon totes. The totes are transported to a location behind Gentile Hall, where they are buried within a large pile of horse or cow manure and its straw bedding. This method ensures that we maintain a hot pile, which mitigates concerns about co-inhabitants of the pile. We expect to have finished compost ready for the first time during summer of 2018, and by then we will have a plan for using the compost.
Other sustainable practices at UMPI
- Biomass boiler system
- 90-Panel solar array (view live monitoring system)
- Heat pump heating and cooling system
- Water-saving shower heads
- Motion sensors to shut off lighting when classrooms are empty
- UMPI sustainable practices and policies related to energy conservation
- Sustainable practices within the office or dormitories
- UMPI agricultural sustainable practices
