ten thousand students create a lot of garbage! an estimated 16 million pounds each year, that’s the equivalent of 35 statue of liberties or 200 fully loaded semi-trucks!<\/p>\n
george washington university rolled out the beginnings of its zero waste plan earlier this year — how is it effecting students? is their plan working? what you can do to get involved?<\/p>\n
megan varner is a senior at the george washington university majoring in journalism and mass communication with a minor in health and wellness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" featured selfie: 10,000 students students create a lot of garbage – is composting a better way to handle all the trash?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4900],"tags":[488,142,3364,758],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-living","tag-composting","tag-gwu","tag-mount-vernon","tag-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n