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Media Mentions

Check out our media shout-outs below!

Nothing to Waste

It all started in the fall 2012 term, when a group of passionate students from Environment came together to form a student-run compost coalition. Two years later, the UWCC aims to tackle... 

The Science and Art of Composting

The science is biochemistry and ecology; it's the interaction of external factors and ratios of organic matter; it's the techniques used. The art view considers composting a labour of love -- and one that should be shared with others...

Campus Compost Launches

Campus Compost has launched for the 2015 season, and will be collecting compostable organic material throughout the Spring term...

Campus Compost Acquires Second Cow

It was a cold and rainy day that saw the arrival of Campus Compost's second "compost cow", a 55 cubic foot tumbler that gobbles up food waste from the University of Waterloo...

Campus Compost Conundrum

It might seem as simple as placing the same type of green bins from our homes next to all of the garbage bins on campus, but evidently the process is much more complicated than we may think...

Campus Compost Still Going Strong

Early eight months after it first launched, UW Campus Compost (UWCC) is still going strong despite some obstacles...

Composting Comes to Campus

Environmentalists on campus can rejoice; UW finally has composting. Two years in the making, a pilot project for composting has begun in the environment buildings...

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