This project looked at how waste is managed in the Retreat dining area and looking into the possibility for installing a compost system to reduce landfill/incinerator waste.
This is a dataset that was collected by the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Intern team in the Office of Sustainability during the Fall semester 2025. They collected information about all outdoor waste receptacles at Vassar College..
This procedure highlights how the Office of Sustainability Interns have completed waste audits by weight. This applies to past data collection. More recent data collection was completed using volume.