涩里番

It's Waste Reduction Week and to mark the occasion, 涩里番 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 涩里番 thanks to the persistence of the student-run Gorilla Composting, with support from 涩里番's Office of Sustainability, Generations Pact Environement Canada EcoAction and the Students' Society of 涩里番.

Big Hanna is expected to convert 62 tonnes of 涩里番's organic food waste a year into six tones of "black gold," compost which will be used to fertilize the lawns and flowers on 涩里番's downtown campus. By next year, its expected to be processing 150 tonnes of old lunches.