weekend dirty jobs Michigan State University’s independent voice
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Some employees get down and dirty to keep MSU up and running
PHOTOS BY Corey Damocles/The State News
Dansville, Mich., resident Steve Simpson rinses out a food waste bin with a power washer Tuesday at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center. Food waste from the campus dining halls is collected and moved to an anaerobic digester, where it is broken down into biogas.
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espite the growing role laboratory research plays at MSU, not all jobs at the university involve lab coats and sterile tabletops. To keep campus running and advance agricultural education, MSU still has its fair share of employees who get down and dirty in their work. A churning pit of waste Heated under the July sun in a black trash bag, food scraps don’t smell too pleasant. As particular a stench that is, Materials Recovery Facility employee Steve Simpson knows it all too well. Three days a week at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center, Simpson lugs trash cans full of food waste collected from the dining halls onto a lift that dumps the can’s contents into a large container. Food waste bins line the back of the building Tuesday at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center.
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