Passing the Sniff Test
Most people stop thinking about their trash once they toss it in a bin. But with composting, the bin is only the beginning. “Composting is a way to make food waste into new food growth,” explains Madeline Hall ’12, geography and environmental systems, who was a key player in establishing a composting program at UMBC. “It’s a way to bring the process full circle.” Even before she became a Student Government Association sustainability intern in 2011, Hall was working to show that composting was something students really wanted. But before composting could become a part of UMBC’s sustainability efforts, Hall… Continue Reading Passing the Sniff Test