Each year as students move out, there is the opportunity to collect useful items for donation in the community as well as ensuring proper recycling protocol. Move out can be a hectic time as most people are just ready to ditch it and run. Help us make this a more thoughtful, mindful process that ensures […]
Continue readingMarch 2022It’s spring!I am so excited to see the sun and the buds starting to form on my trees. And believe it or not, I’m also excited to start thinking about cleaning up my home – inside and out! If like me, you’re itching to spring clean, you probably have a LOT of questions about what to […]
Continue readingCSWD Report Shows Chittenden County Ranks Among Top Waste-Busting U.S. Communities Release Date: 3/21/22Williston, VT: Chittenden County households and businesses kept an estimated 57% (by weight) of all their commonly generated “stuff,” including construction and demolition (C&D) waste, out of the landfill in 2020. That’s according to CSWD’s 2020 Diversion & Disposal Report, which draws on multiple data […]
Continue readingRequest for Comments and Notice of Public MeetingCSWD is currently considering a significant number of changes to the District’s Solid Waste Management Ordinance and we would like to hear what Chittenden County residents and businesses think about the draft Ordinance amendments. The District periodically updates its Ordinance for various reasons: to stay current and in line with state […]
Continue readingHello CURC members and friends! Please join us for the first webinar in our 2022 Webinar Series: Single Use Plastics Bans: Process and Partnerships. Single use plastics are pervasive in our environment and on our campuses. While some plastics may be recyclable, only 9% of plastics on average are recycled leaving the rest to be […]
Continue readingJoin the Eco-Reps for a week-long event encouraging accurate composting, in accordance to the newest compost rules.
As of January 2022, only food scraps and a few select items* are accepted in compost bins around campus and the community. Due to high rates of contamination, the Chittenden Solid Waste District and other waste haulers are no longer accepting formerly ‘compostable’ cups and containers. As CSWD notes, “These products pose many problems for […]
Continue readingThe Zero Waste Campus Council (ZWCC) is hosting its monthly Meet Up, Waste Down on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 10 am PST/1 pm EST via Zoom! These meetings are held for one hour every 4th Tuesday of the month at 10 am PST/1 pm EST via Zoom. We will have an initial welcome and introductions and then people can […]
Continue readingSharing on behalf of: Peter Turansick, Nathaniel Topham, Henry KimberWhite, and Silvanna NajriSaladinThis survey is for MRK-340, a service learning course about marketing for non-profits and social change issues. Our project is raising awareness around composting responsible in the state of Vermont. This survey will help us gage in what areas need to be front and […]
Continue reading11TH ANNUAL TRASH BASH RESULTS After a year off, Center for Service & Sustainability along with our Eco-Reps team hosted our 11th annual Trash Bash Waste Sort in the IDX Student Center at Champlain College on October 19, 2021. In total, we sorted 35 pounds of collected trash samples from across central campus. We sorted […]
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