<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/green-initiatives-on-campus.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>10/24/2019</pubDate><title>University’s Office of Facilities Launches Composting Program in Student Dining Locations</title><description>In an effort to reduce the University’s waste output and cut costs, the Office of Facilities is implementing several green initiatives on campus, including composting. This will enable organic waste to be turned into compost – and even electricity.</description><hide-description/><author>Laura Miller, Director of Energy and Sustainability</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 24, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2019/composting-2.jpg" alt="Image of new composter"/></image><image-caption>Staff members will put organic waste into marked containers.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>