{"id":279,"date":"2018-08-23T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:29:52","slug":"composting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/initiatives\/waste-recycling\/composting\/","title":{"rendered":"Composting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tComposting\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Want to green WHOI by composting at your next event? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?p=1376&amp;preview=true\">here<\/a> for info about a local composting vendor. <a href=\"https:\/\/blackearthcompost.com\/\">Black Earth Compost<\/a> will collect the compostable waste at the end of your event. WHOI does have collection bins that you may be able to use depending on timing and volume, so you should work with both Black Earth and WHOI Meeting Services on this.<\/p>\n<p>To order compostable products from WB Mason &#8211; cups, plates, forks and knives, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2021\/09\/WBMasonCompostProductList2020_prices2.xlsx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that the composting process goes smoothly at your event, it&#8217;s best to have someone make an announcement describing the waste collection process at the beginning of the first meal so that all participants understand the system.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"attachment_418\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-418\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/10\/IMG_5961-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Human Resources composts at their annual Employee Appreciation Picnic!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/10\/water-pitchers_compost-cups-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"water pitchers_compost cups\" height=\"225\" width=\"300\" title=\"water pitchers_compost cups\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/10\/Compost-w-Me-Sign-picnic-300x232.png\" alt=\"Compost w Me Sign picnic\" height=\"232\" width=\"300\" title=\"Compost w Me Sign picnic\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/10\/Holly-Min-Trash-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holly Min Trash\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" title=\"Holly Min Trash\" \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composting Want to green WHOI by composting at your next event? Click here for info about a local composting vendor. Black Earth Compost will collect the compostable waste at the end of your event. WHOI does have collection bins that you may be able to use depending on timing and volume, so you should work&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":215,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/2450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}