Earlier this year a story on this website announced the imminent arrival of The Rocket, a composter manufactured in the United Kingdom that uses simple “brown and green” technology. That means an inlet receives equal amounts of wood chips, the brown component, and food waste, the green component, both providing the necessary amounts of carbon and nitrogen. When the inlet is closed, composting happens automatically.

The reality for composting on campus has generated significant interest and raised numerous questions. In a recent interview, Adam Formica, CC ’13, a leader in the Composting Committee, responded to these questions.

(Names from left to right:Adam Formica, Eric Lee, Todd Nelson, Justin Birmingham (top), Mikayla Hoskins (bottom), Anne Steele, Marcela Johnson, Melissa von Mayrhauser, Aida Conroy, Raphaelle Debenedetti)