Matthew Heans
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The UNB Saint John Green Society will be seeking to raise awareness about the importance of composting in the coming months with their new composting program.

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Spearheaded by Sara Moosa, they hope to promote sustainability on campus through collecting compost that can then be used in community gardens, on on-campus plants, and provided to the greater Saint John community. These are more long-term goals for the program, though.
In the short-term, they hope to form partnerships with other Canadian universities that already have composting programs in effect, with Saint John composting facilities, and with researchers on campus that can help them further the program.
With the assistance of other stakeholders in the community, the UNB Saint John Green Society aims to set up compost collection points on campus and eventually establish a composting facility on campus. All of this is in the hopes that they can help to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
Prior to moving forward with the practical aspects (i.e., composting on campus) of their program, the UNB Saint John Green Society wants to conduct a cost-effective study with the cooperation of researchers at the university. Given their limited budget, they want to ensure that the program would be cost-effective for their society.

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They are also currently looking at organizing student trips to Saint John composting facilities to gain insider knowledge into the composting process. These experiential learning opportunities will be used to garner further interest in their program among the student body.
When asked about the prospective success of the program, Moosa noted: “The pilot program will initially be started next year or so, but unfortunately, it might take longer if we want to transition from the pilot program to having a composting facility here on campus.”
Asked why she wanted to start the program in the first place, Sara Moosa said: "I've always been on a mission to make every community I join environmentally friendly. I was raised in an environmentally friendly family where composting and recycling were everyday habits.” Habits that will soon likely be extended to UNB Saint John, if the program succeeds.
Given that many other major Canadian universities already have similar programs, such as the University of British Columbia and McGill University, composting programs are not unheard of on university campuses.
In fact, according to Moosa, UNB Saint John is presently considering enacting a similar program on campus. These are evidently ongoing developments that all environmentally concerned students should watch out for