Penn State's Composting Program

• Organic waste (food waste and plant materials) are collected and taken to the campus' Organic Materials Processing and Education Center (OMPEC).
  
• At campus dining halls, napkins and food prep waste is collected for compost.
  
• The University's two hotels and Bennett Family Child Care Center are composting both kitchen prep waste and post-consumer waste.
•  At the OMPEC site, these materials are mixed with fodder (corn, soybean and leaves) and cow manure to produce high quality compost
• Penn State's landscapers use this compost to improve our flowerbeds and other green spaces on campus.
  
• 2,523 tons of organic matter was collected and processed in FY2007.

Interested in having your organic waste composted?

• Contact Al Matyasovsky 

Current Program Managers:

• Al Matyasovsky is now providing free biodegradable bags for compost bins. To get your free bags, contact him.