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Small actions. Campus-wide change.
Student-led food waste collection, hands-on learning, and a greener future for Beirut.
- 200 kg
- Collected in one day
- 20
- Restaurants engaged
- 1 day
- Hands-on field experience
Overview
Turning food waste into fertile ground
Together with CAS students completing community service hours, LGG coordinated organic waste collection from 20 restaurants in Mar Mikhael. Students learned segregation at the source and saw how composting turns scraps into soil.
One day. Twenty restaurants. 200 kg of food waste sent to compost instead of landfill.
What students take away
Everything that comes with it.
Service hours
Structured programs support CAS and university community service requirements.
Field experience
Real collection work with real restaurants, not a classroom simulation.
Source segregation
How to keep organic waste apart from packaging, and why it matters.
Composting up close
A visit to a professional facility to see scraps turn into soil.
How it works
From first step to real results.
Coordinate with local restaurants
LGG lines up the participating restaurants and plans the collection route.
Provide bags for organic waste segregation
Each restaurant receives bags to keep food scraps apart from packaging.
Collect and transport separated food waste
Student teams collect the separated waste and bring it in for composting.
Learn at a professional composting facility
Students follow the waste to the facility and see the process first-hand.
Who it’s for
- University students
- CAS students
- Faculty and staff
- Student clubs
Questions
Good to know.
Anything else? Write to us and the team will help.
Who can take part?
University students, faculty, staff, and student clubs. Structured programs also support CAS and university service requirements.
What does a collection day involve?
Restaurants separate their organic waste into LGG bags, student teams collect it, and the day ends with a visit to a composting facility.
How do we bring LGG to our campus?
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