We can all play a part in reducing the environmental impact of food waste. A first step is to reduce our personal food waste; find tips to help with that here.

But when you do have unused or spoiled food, composting is a great way to recycle those items.

If you have a yard, you may want to do your own backyard composting; find tips for getting started here:

If you live in Kirksville, you can bring your food scraps to us for composting! Simply collect your compostables (which can include any food products/scraps/trimmings as well as paper towels or napkins) in a container (such as an ice cream bucket, for example), then dump the compostables into one of our food scrap bins around campus. You can find bin locations on the interactive map, below.

Map of Locations for Composting Bins

Click the image below to view an interactive map of the composting locations. When viewing the map, click on the green dots for more information about the locations where you can drop off your food scraps for composting, as well as other information about the compost project.