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Compost

Composting Metrics

 Gatech Composting Program Numbers
All numbers in lbs
Brittain
Woodruff
Student Center
North Ave
This Month  15,210
25,480
12,870
5,200
Year to date 
183,430
196,560
107,250
14,950
Monthly Average
24,375
26,056
18,226
1,495
Daily Average 
737
727
354
125

Sustaining Our Future

Current Efforts

  • All Georgia Tech Dining locations have full pre and post consumer composting.  Over 300 tons of food waste has been composted since the inception of this program in August 2009.
  • Georgia Tech Dining uses napkin dispensers that can reduce paper waste by up to 40% simply by dispensing one napkin at a time.
  • Organic and local food is integrated into many of the dishes served on campus everyday.  A good example is the Simply Sustainable Salad Bar with 80% local and/or organic produce daily.
  • Vegan and Vegetarian options are offered daily at all locations across campus.  Over 40% of our on campus meal options are vegan or vegetarianClick here for a comprehensive list of all our animal free offerings.
  • Sustainability education is part of orientation for all front line employees, and all twenty-two of our managers have taken 4 courses on sustainability.
  • Low flow faucets and sprayers have been installed in all campus kitchens. 
  • The 2,600 gallons of biofuel made from our waste oil annually is used to power the GT landscaping equipment.
  • We are trayless in both of our resident dining locations and have signage discouraging trays use in the Food Court.
  • The new North Avenue Dining Hall will be built to meet the same LEED standard as the North Avenue Apartments complex.  The complex is currently working toward gold certification.
  • GT Dining reusable mug program was piloted in 2007.  The purpose of this program is to eliminate Styrofoam from our campus.


Future Efforts

  • GT Dining has made it a goal and a top priority to reduce our carbon footprint by 26% in the future. More Info MORE

Get Involved

The Sustainable Dining committee, a partnership between students, staff and GT Dining, meets monthly over dinner to discuss action oriented ways to make dining on the Georgia Tech campus more sustainable.  Please view the Sustainable Dining Committee Page for more information.  

Email Nell Fry, GT Dining Sustainability Coordinator, with any questions, to get involved with any of our current projects or to join the Sustainable Dining Committee.

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