August 7, 2023 - In just one year, FUEL °®¶¹app and °®¶¹app Sustainability, have saved more than 3,000 pounds of food waste from the landfill! Composting became part of FUEL’s daily operations last summer when °®¶¹app partnered with GoZero Services to further our sustainability efforts.
To date, °®¶¹app has diverted 3,286 pounds of waste which is a huge number when you consider nearly 40 percent of all food produced goes to waste and 30 percent ends up in landfills. Imagine if Mount Rumpke was 30 percent smaller!
“°®¶¹app Sustainability was excited to partner with FUEL °®¶¹app to address their food waste and help FUEL meet their organizational mission of ‘Zero Waste,’†Tiffany Budd, °®¶¹app Sustainability Coordinator, said. “Composting is a top concern for °®¶¹app students, and we have taken the first step in diverting thousands of pounds of campus food waste from landfill.â€
Composting is just one of many sustainability initiatives by FUEL °®¶¹app, °®¶¹app’s on-campus food pantry, and °®¶¹app Sustainability.
For more information on those initiatives, please visit their websites: and .
About °®¶¹app: Founded in 1968, °®¶¹app is an entrepreneurial state university of over 16,000 students served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus nestled between Highland Heights, Kentucky and bustling downtown Cincinnati. We are a regionally engaged university committed to empowering our students to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives. While we are one of the fastest-growing universities in Kentucky, our professors still know our students' names. For more information, visit .
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