Jones' Compostable Waste

 

Here is a chart of the amount of compostable waste generated by Jones college by meal during the '98 fall semester from October 21 - December 18.

Jones Food Waste Chart
* Anomolous data point (Dinner) at Nov 12 is probably due to combining lunch and dinner waste

The stats for each meal are:
NOTE: Totals are sums of values for individual meals

Compostable Waste (in lbs)

Meal

Average

SD

N

Min

Max

Breakfast

5.53

2.22

36

2

11

Lunch

32.6

5.66

19

22

41

Dinner

52.3

12.6

12

42

86

Total

90.5

20.4

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66

138


Non-compostable Waste (in lbs)

Meal

Average

SD

N

Min

Max

Breakfast

4.36

2.11

36

1

11

Lunch

12.8

3.93

19

7

22

Dinner

15.1

4.94

12

9

26

Total

32.3

11

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17

59


% of Compostable Waste per meal (by weight)

Meal

% compostable

Breakfast

56%

Lunch

72%

Dinner

78%

Total

74%

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Created by Ryan McMullan, Environmental Intern, for the Environmental Programs Steering Committee, creators of The Enviro-Web of Rice University