It’s hard to believe it has been a year already – it is time for SMOP 2018! The Spring Move Out Project (SMOP) is an incredible community event that helps us practice the 6 Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle, reimagine, reconnect and remove. SMOP provides students and area residents the opportunity to bring clothing, books, […]
Continue readingEach year as students move out of the Champlain College Residence Halls, we have the opportunity to collect useful items for donation in the community as well as ensuring proper recycling protocol. Move out is a crazy time as many people are just ready to ditch it and run. Help us make this a more […]
Continue readingjoin us in the CCM Nook Gallery Thurs April 19 4-5pm CRE100 Creative Media – Making Art Collaborative Assemblages Compositions of found, repurposed, and recycled materials. Voiceboxes Interpretations of inspiration contained
CSWD announces new recycling guidance on bottle caps Published on April 17, 2018 by Raeann It’s perhaps the most hotly debated “blue-bin” recycling question of the decade: Should you put the cap back on that bottle before you recycle it? Or does the cap go in the trash? The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD), the municipality […]
Continue readingJoin us in Philly this November! The 5th Annual Students for Zero Waste Conference (SZW18) will bring together 500+ students, staff, industry innovators, activists and community members from across the country at the University of Pennsylvania on November 2-3, 2018. The day and a half event includes a keynote speech, student-led workshops, professional trainings, hands on sessions, affinity […]
Continue readingcourtesy of chittenden solid waste district April 2018 Hi Christina, Sometimes, I feel like I take trash for granted; it can seem like an unavoidable part of the throwaway culture that we live in. Like trash is somehow an integral part of being human. Of course, there’s nothing inevitable about trash. Unlike death and taxes, waste is […]
Continue readingMarch 2018 I recently spent a week visiting Tulum, Mexico, a small beach town on the Caribbean Sea. It’s famous for its well-preserved Mayan temples, crystalline underground pools, and long, uninterrupted stretches of white sand and turquoise waters. And at one point, all of that was probably true. Today, the beaches (at least, the […]
Continue readingEarly Bird Registration is Open 12th Vermont Organics Recycling Summit WHEN? Thursday April 5th, 2018 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM WHERE? Judd Hall Vermont Technical College 124 Admin Drive Randolph Center, VT 05061 Driving Directions NEED MORE INFO? Natasha Duarte info@CompostingVermont.org 802.373.6499 Choose from four concurrent workshops, morning and afternoon, featuring more than 20 […]
Continue readingLast week, we published our Annual Report for FY17. It’s full of positive news and big numbers, like: More than 1 million pounds of food scraps were transformed into wicked good soil products at Green Mountain Compost. The amount of construction & demolition (C&D) material we sent to the landfill dropped to its lowest level in 22 years. The CSWD Materials […]
Continue readingThe Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) is a national non profit that works with college and universities to start waste reduction initiatives on their campuses. We are looking for passionate students and recent grads to join and advise our team starting this spring. Please share with anyone who is passionate about Zero Waste and would enjoy a fast-paced […]
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