COLUMBIA — It begins with students putting their dining trays on the conveyor belt at Rollins Dining Hall. From there, food leftovers and napkins are sprayed off plates and float down a reservoir into a pulper, which chops and spin-dries the waste before it comes out of a chute into a trash bag.
Graduate student begins composting program at MU
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | 6:14 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:25 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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