Breaking down the compost problem in University of Oregon dining 
Problem: Current "compost" containers aren't actually compostable at Oregon composting facilities. Instead, their greenwashed packaging confuses students, who place them with food compost, contaminating food compost piles. This results in tons of wasted food compost. 
How might we create truly compostable containers that do not need to be sorted from compost because they don't contaminate compost, so both packaging and food waste can be composted at the University of Oregon? 
Moodboard 
Material experimentation, using various wasted fruit peels and organic ingredients 
Refined biocontainer material experiment recipes 
Creating biocontainers 
This biocontainer was approved to be composted by Rexius Compost, a local composting facility near the University of Oregon. 
But how long would a biocontainer take to realistically break down, if left outside by students?

Does it need to be transported to a composting facility at all?

I tested the container compost process and found that it almost completely decomposed in less than a month when left outside. 
How would this be implemented in the UO Dining system? 
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