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An Investigation Of On-Campus Composting Among Undergraduate College Students, Ashleigh Beben May 2015

An Investigation Of On-Campus Composting Among Undergraduate College Students, Ashleigh Beben

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

Composting among college students can promote a healthy environment and encourage the appropriate disposal method for generated organic wastes. The purpose of this study was to observe composting behaviors and attitudes among students and foster an increase in knowledge of suitable composting behavior in on-campus dining halls. Questionnaires containing questions related to composting behavior and knowledge, demographics, and place of residence were distributed to 140 James Madison University (JMU) undergraduate students. Of those students 26.4% were males and 73.6% were females. Freshmen made up 77.9% of the sample followed by sophomores making up 14.3% of respondents. The sample was made …