The Facilities Management Department announced recently that Carleton will compost all food waste from both dining halls at an off-campus facility starting today. In addition to making this commitment, the college announced the beginning of a single-stream recycling program that allows students, faculty, and staff to put all recyclable materials in a single bin. Carleton College news reports that this strategy can result “in the recovery of 30 percent more recyclable materials.”
The story, which can be found here, also mentions the Presidents’ Climate Commitment. “The program will help Carleton in its efforts to live up to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, recently signed by Carleton President Robert A. Oden Jr. The commitment pledges to move toward eliminating Carleton’s greenhouse gas emissions and steer the College toward climate neutrality. One of the items signed by Oden asks participants to select from a list of seven ways to support sustainability—in this case, reducing waste on campus. “