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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N Tuesday November 16, 2010 Volume 92, No. 47 www. theshorthorn. com Since 1919 BY SARAH LUTZ The Shorthorn senior staff Most people might not appreciate a stack of dead flowers or mysterious... More

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N Tuesday November 16, 2010 Volume 92, No. 47 www. theshorthorn. com Since 1919 BY SARAH LUTZ The Shorthorn senior staff Most people might not appreciate a stack of dead flowers or mysterious barrels of hay showing up in their office, but for campus composter John Darling, it happens everyday. Starting as a volunteer “puttering around” about 10 years ago, Darling hasturnedUTA’scompostpile,located behind the Environmental Health & Safety Office, into a production line that supplies UTA with all the soil it needs. Darling said he’s collected 46 tons of food waste over the period of five years from UTA kitchens alone. “There’s a general upward trend as people change, as people get more used to it and as people become more serious about collecting,” he said. “Because I rely on them as people to get more serious about saving stuff. ” The university demands for compost may grow with the addition of a community garden, which rec Less