{"id":19142,"date":"2021-07-09T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=19142"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:26:55","slug":"duke-university","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/duke-university","title":{"rendered":"Duke University \u2013 Compost Procurement"},"template":"","class_list":["post-19142","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-local-policy","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-buy-local","topics-procurement","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"tan","article_type":[37],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[109,59],"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"Duke University (Durham, NC) has developed an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) policy that will reduce the collegiate community\u2019s environmental impact, while developing a local market for compost. The EPP Guidelines require that Duke give preference to \u201cenvironmentally friendly products whose quality, function, and cost are equal or superior to traditional products.\u201d","authors_tax":[601]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Duke University (Durham, NC) has developed an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) policy<\/a> that will reduce the collegiate community\u2019s environmental impact, while developing a local market for compost. The EPP Guidelines require that Duke give preference to \u201cenvironmentally friendly products whose quality, function, and cost are equal or superior to traditional products.\u201d One area of focus is the university\u2019s purchasing practices when it comes to landscaping selection of compost used on its large campus. Duke now gives preference to regional compost suppliers, which minimizes transportation impacts while also creating demand for local compost. Given the university\u2019s size and overall influence in the surrounding area, there is significant potential benefit for not only the university, but community composters as well. The landscaping portion of the EPP reads as follows:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Supporting low maintenance and environmentally sensitive landscapes minimizes the unnecessary use of fertilizers and water resources, therefore reducing the University\u2019s impact on the natural environment. Procurement activity may include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n