Composting at Holyoke Medical Center
25,215 pounds of food waste composted and counting
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25,215 pounds of food waste composted and counting ⋆
What’s the deal with composting?
It all began with an idea. The Director of Dining met with the Head Chef and asked, “How can we save the food scraps from the trash, but keep it easy and safe for our food prep areas?”. After a quick Google search, HMC found Tommy’s Compost, and together we created a plan that allowed for easy composting of all food waste from the hospital kitchen. Instead of making more trash, now HMC creates soil from their kitchen waste.
Compost Your Food and Its Packaging
Compost Your Food and Its Packaging
When you dine at HMC, you can compost any leftovers from your tasty snack as well as the beautiful packaging it came in.
HMC has partnered with Tommy’s Compost Service to integrate EcoProducts into your cafe experience. You can enjoy a hot coffee, bowl of soup, or fresh salad in an eco-friendly container.
Any product with the EcoProducts logo is compostable, so you can place it directly into the compost bins in the cafe.
What does this mean? You can enjoy your food without generating extra waste for landfills.
It’s a win-win!
Composting is Easy
The following items are compostable at Holyoke Medical Center. Use the drop-down menus to learn more!
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All food waste is compostable. This includes fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, and bones.
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Most paper, such as napkins and paper wrappers, are also compostable.
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All EcoProducts items in the cafe are compostable. Those cute cups? Compostable. The to-go boxes? Compostable. The salad and soup bowls? Compost ‘em!
Do you want to be like HMC?
Contact Mary of Tommy’s Compost to learn about how you can make a huge impact as easily as Holyoke Medical Center has.
hello@tommyscompost.com
(413)-684-8144