Getting to Zero Waste with CompostingNick Kordesch

Sustainability Coordinator

San Francisco State University

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San Francisco’s Compost Program

Mandatory Recycling and Composting in 2009

Zero waste by 2020

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Starting Compost Collection at SF State

• 1980s: Food waste compost collection starts

• 2006: Student Center starts large-scale compost program

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Campus-Wide Composting

• Dining center compost collection

• 120 three-bin systems in 2012

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How are we doing?

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New Project: Compost in Apartment Style Housing

• Adding compost bins

• Removing trash chutes

• Right-sizing bins

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New Project: Compost in Dorm Style Housing

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Compost Education

• Some faculty and staff are exposed to City’s outreach

• Students are new to composting

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New Project: Compost in Bathrooms

• Academic Buildings: Classrooms vs. Bathrooms

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New Project: Build collection stations in new Buildings

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See it for yourself at CHESC 2015!

Closing the compost loop

Nick Kordesch – kordesch@sfsu.edu

sustain.sfsu.edu