Since 2012, the idea of using kitchen waste from Stevens Point residents and businesses has been in the works. It took some collaboration from the city, the University of Wisconsin -Stevens Point and a group of ambitious organic farmers to get everything to function together.
Rob Michitsch is an associate professor at UWSP. He said the idea was a part of the advanced solid waste management class.
“Essentially what the students are doing over the course of about two semesters, they're working on a Capstone Project as part of their major, 70 percent of their mark, to develop a project related to a real life problem,” Michitsch explained.
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