Personal Compost Pails
Personal compost pails make composting even easier! The Center for Sustainability and the Housing Office have paired up to provide students with small compost pails they can use in their rooms on campus, or off-campus.
On-campus and off-campus students can borrow personal compost pails anytime during the academic year. The rental is free; however, the pail must be cleaned and returned to the Center for Sustainability at the end of the Spring quarter.
You have two options for how to compost your organic waste:
- Basic Composting - Empty your pail as needed into green compost bins around campus. Follow these composting guidelines, which permit materials such as bioplastics, meat, and dairy.
- Advanced Composting - Empty your pail into the black buckets during compost collection tabling hours: Thursdays 11:30am - 1:30pm in front of Benson, and Fridays 11:30am - 1:30pm at the Forge Farm Stand (1051 Sherman St, Santa Clara, CA). Follow these more restrictive composting guidelines, which do not permit materials such as bioplastics, meat, and dairy. These food scraps will be turned into high-quality nutrient-rich compost, used to grow fruits and vegetables for the SCU community!