Campus Compost (article)
Campus Compost Posted by: Genevieve Adamski September 9, 2017 What is that smell? It is not the paper mill, and it is not the football team practicing on the fields. If students have caught a strong odor walking over on the north side of campus by the Reserve, odds are, it is the campus compost pile. The compost pile equates to about 15 cubic yards of material. About 15 dump truck loads, explained Chris Brindley, director of the facility services. “There are three piles of compost that facility services maintain,” said Brindley. An active pile, which has material added daily, the second which is left alone as it breaks down to its final product, the third is the finished pile that is ready to be used whenever. “It takes 12…