1. The document discusses implementing composting in the dining halls at SUNY Plattsburgh to reduce food waste and help the environment. 2. It explains that composting would decrease the university's carbon footprint and eliminate the need for chemically-treated fertilizers. 3. The document argues that composting would substantially reduce campus trash and that students should participate because the environmental benefits are significant and simple to achieve.

1. COMPOSTING ON
CAMPUS
E M I LY G R E G O I R E

2. “ T H E A M O U N T O F F O O D W E T H R O W O U T
I S N E A R LY 5 0 P E R C E N T M O R E T H A N I T
WA S I N 1 9 7 0 ” ( H U F F I N G TO N P O S T )

3. FROM THIS TO THAT

4. • Without implementing
composting in the dining halls ,
SUNY Plattsburgh is only
contributing to that statistic.

5. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

6. S T U D E N T S C A N C O N T R I B U T E TO
E L I M I N AT I N G WA S T E BY C H O O S I N G TO
P L A C E T H E I R F O O D S C R A P S I N A
C O M P O S T B I N , R AT H E R T H A N TO S S I N G I T
I N TO T H E T R A S H .

7. SUNY PLATTSBURGH WILL BENEFIT
FROM COMPOSTING

8. 1 . F I R S T I W I L L D E S C R I B E H O W
C O M P O S T I N G W I L L B E A V A I L A B L E I N
T H E D I N I N G H A L L S A T S U N Y
P L A T T S B U R G H
2 . S E C O N D I W I L L E X A M I N E W H Y
S T U D E N T S S H O U L D C O M P O S T O N
C A M P U S
3 . T H I R D I W I L L D I S C U S S T H E
I M P A C T T H I S W I L L H A V E O N O U R
U N I V E R S I T Y .

10. W H AT I T W O U L D
LO O K L I K E :
The idea would be
to have distinctly
labeled bins for
compost, trash, and
recyclables just like
this photo from the
University of
Washington.

11. C O M P O S T I N G D E C R E A S E S T H E
U N I V E R S I T Y ’ S C A R B O N F O OT P R I N T

12. ALGONQUIN DINING HALL IS THE GREEN
HUB ON CAMPUS, SO WHY NOT ADD A
COMPOST OPTION TO EACH EATERY?

13. WHY
SHOULD
YOU CARE?
1. Improves the
landfill
environment,
overall there’s
less waste.

14. 2. IMPROVES THE CONDITION OF SOIL
3. ELIMINATES THE USE OF
CHEMICALLY INFUSED FERTILIZERS.

15. 4 . IT’S SO
EASY!!!!!!
C O M P O S T I N G I S
O N E O F T H E
E A S I E S T WAY S TO
S H O W T H E
E N V I R O N M E N T
S O M E L O V E !

16. Now that you
care about
composting, let’s
look at how the
decision to
recycle your
leftovers will
impact our SUNY
Plattsburgh
community.

17. SUNY PLATTSBURGH HAS TRIED THE
COMPOSTING THING ONCE BEFORE, YET
IT DIDN’T HAVE SUCCESS DUE TO THE
LACK OF AWARENESS.

18. IMPACT OF COMPOSTING FOR OUR CAMPUS

19. “They [students]
realize the
environmental
problems they are
inheriting and feel
empowered to make
a change,” says
Rachel Gutter,
director for the
Center for Green
Schools at the Green
Building Council.

20. 1 . T H E A M O U N T O F T R A S H P R O D U C E D B Y
O U R C A M P U S W I L L D E C R E A S E
S U B S T A N T I A L L Y O N C E C O M P O S T I N G I S
I M P L E M E N T E D I N T O T H E D I N I N G H A L L S .
2 . S T U D E N T S S H O U L D P A R T T A K E I N
C O M P O S T I N G B E C A U S E T H E E N D R E S U L T I S
E N T I R E L Y B E N E F I C I A L , S I M P L E A S T H A T !
3 . O N C E S T U D E N T S T A K E O N T H E
R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y O F B E I N G A S K I N D T O T H E
E A R T H A S P O S S I B L E , T H E B E N E F I T S T O T H E
C A M P U S A S A W H O L E W I L L B E T H E E N D
R E W A R D .
I N C O N C L U S I O N