BAR HARBOR (AP) – The College of the Atlantic is planning a zero-waste graduation celebration.

The aim is to generate no trash during the week of graduation festivities from May 27 and continue through the June 4 commencement. To reach the goal, everything from party favors to food containers must be recyclable, reusable or able to be composted in the college’s community garden.

Millard Dority, the college’s director of campus planning, building and public safety, said everything that is being ordered for the president’s garden party, the senior party, commencement and the graduates’ reception is recyclable.

That includes seemingly trivial things such as the wax paper separating layers of frozen phyllo dough and the foil that seals yogurt containers.

Guests will use biodegradable utensils made of cornstarch instead of plastic bowls and cups. The college will use kiwi vine, which grows wild on campus, instead of plastic ribbon to mark the processional path at graduation.

Recycling bins will be put out for paper programs and plastic bottles, and bins for food waste will be used for organic compost.

“What we want to do is make people aware of what they are using and buying,” said Dority. “Everybody who comes to graduation will be involved in this.”

Anything that cannot be reused, recycled, composted or sent home with the person who brought it onto campus will be molded into a student-created sculpture and displayed at the graduation ceremony to illustrate the importance of recycling.

The College of the Atlantic, which offers a single degree in human ecology, has always had a strong reputation for conservation.

The school has been recycling and composting since 1970, and last year agreed to begin using wind power for electricity.