In an effort to reduce the quantity, by volume and mass, of solid waste produced by the University of Georgia (UGA), Aaron Joslin, Holly Campbell and Greg Skupien sought to implement a pilot program in the Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources (WSFNR) and the Odum School of Ecology (OSE) to collect organic, compostable waste from collective areas, like coffee lounges, and from offices willing to participate. We placed compost receptacles in four (4) lounge areas in WSFNR and two (2) in OSE, as well as in eleven (11) participating lab offices. The compost receptacles were gathered and delivered to the UGArden composting bins on S. Milledge Avenue using the WSFNR departmental vehicle 10 times during the Spring Semester of 2013. As part of this project, we planned, advertised and conducted two separate compost workshops for UGA students, faculty and the public at large. The first took place at the UGArden classroom facility on S. Milledge Ave., and the second took place in the Frank Miller Plant Sciences Building on UGA campus in Athens. We were very pleased at the enthusiastic reception for our project and the willingness of faculty and graduate students to host compost buckets in their labs and offices. This project elaborated on the pilot program established in the Building 4 coffee lounge of WSFNR, where coffee grounds and filters, and other organic wastes, have been collected in a 5-gallon bucket with a lid and taken to compost since 2011. Students, faculty and staff have continued to show enthusiasm for composting and bring items from their offices to the compost receiving buckets in other locations. To facilitate access to compost areas and to promote the project in general, we designed and printed flyers to advise Warnell and Odum students, faculty and staff of the project prior to initiation and then made laminated signs that were displayed on the doors of each of the offices and lounges where compost buckets were located. In all, fifteen (15) compost receiving locations were deployed with 5-gallon buckets and collected roughly once per week and then taken to UGArden for composting for the duration of the project, totaling ten (10) compost collections and deliveries (see " Metrics " for more information). Composting of organic wastes on UGA campus will help UGA achieve several goals related to sustainability and environmental stewardship. First it helps reduce the amount of waste UGA generates for disposal in landfill. By reducing the waste delivered to the landfill, UGA will also save money since tipping fees cost UGA roughly $35 per ton. Organic wastes from dining halls and landscaping are probably the single largest sources of compostable materials that UGA generates, but academic buildings are also a source of organic wastes that can and should be composted. Secondly, UGA composts these wastes and can utilize them in mulch for campus landscaping works rather than purchasing them from outside vendors. Thirdly, by composting these wastes UGA can prevent them from decomposing anaerobically in the landfill, where they produce methane gas (CH 4), a greenhouse gas 20-25 times more powerful than CO 2 , which is produced as organic wastes decompose aerobically, such as mulch material does (see " Metrics " for more information).