Montreal Gazette - Big Hanna lays waste to Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ trash
It's Waste Reduction Week and to mark the occasion, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ has just unveiled the latest addition to the campus -- an industrial waste composter named Big Hanna.
The T240 industrial composter, located under the overhang of the Wong Chemical Engineering building, came to Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ thanks to the persistence of the student-run Gorilla Composting, with support from Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾'s Office of Sustainability, Generations Pact Environement Canada EcoAction and the Students' Society of Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾.
Big Hanna is expected to convert 62 tonnes of Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾'s organic food waste a year into six tones of "black gold," compost which will be used to fertilize the lawns and flowers on Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾'s downtown campus. By next year, its expected to be processing 150 tonnes of old lunches.
