A Closer Look at Penn's Composting
In most dining halls, students place their empty dishes and half–eaten meals on a conveyor belt, never to see their leftover food again. It’s easy to assume that food is thrown out and dishes are scrubbed clean for the next meal, with little thought given to things like composting. But a peek behind the scenes at Penn Dining shows their attempts to decrease food waste from the university’s residential dining cafés.