Fourth Annual Trash Bash – Nov. 7th
Thursday, November 7th, 10:30am-noon in Fireside Lounge Our annual look to see how well we are sorting it out! Brought to you by Sustain Champlain and your Eco-Reps
Category Archives: Recycling & Waste Reduction
Good news! We are saving $, using less paper, and using more recycled content paper.
Each year we step back and look at our copy paper usage – just one of many metrics that we monitor. Last year (Fiscal Year 2013), thanks to the combined efforts of a) shifting from desk top printers to combined, multifunction devices, b) purchasing preferred recycled content copy paper, and c) faculty/student usage of Angel […]
Continue readingCSWD seeks recycling nerds
Chittenden Solid Waste District is looking for a couple of friendly, outgoing and super enthusiastic recycling nerds to help with a short-term residential recycling education project in September and October. Please contact us if you are: – great at communicating about recycling in a positive way – able to work some afternoon, evening, VERY early […]
Continue readingWhy I Help People Sort their Trash
Over the past several weeks there have been a lot of large events on and around campus: students moving out of res hall room and apartments downtown, two commencements, all employee meetings, and the like. Over the course of these past weeks I’ve often found myself positioned directly in front of trash, recycling, and/or compost […]
Continue readingSpring Move Out Project – Thursday, May 23rd
Spring Move Out Project 2013 Thursday, May 23 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Loomis Street (between North Willard & Isham/Booth) and Champlain College’s Ethan Allen Center (between Bradley and College Streets) SMOP is an opportuntiy for folks moving at the end of May to drop off and/or pick up things (household items, furniture, clothing, books, […]
Continue readingFrom the Sustainability Director’s Desk: Sort it Out
Q. Dear Champlain College, I am the Community Recycling Officer for Croydon Council in South London, UK, and I came across your ‘Sort it out’ recycling pages educating and explaining recycling to your students, and found it to be of particular interest. We are considering running a campaign aimed at householders within the borough to […]
Continue readingFrom the Sustainability Director’s desk: Electronic Waste
Here’s the question I received today: Q. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} I was hoping to learn more about your e-waste recycling program. I am currently a student at Saint John’s University and am researching […]
Continue readingCopy Paper Reduction
Good News! We’re Cutting Costs, Not More Trees! As you know Champlain College has made as strong push to reduce our paper consumption. We have made a big shift from desktop printers to shared multifunction printers, which reduce cost from 1 penny per page to 1/1000 of a penny per page. Those savings add up […]
Continue readingGoing on now: Better World Books collection
Have some books that are lying around your room/office? Donate them to a good cause: Better World Books collects and sells books online to donate books and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than 8 million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for […]
Continue readingTrash Bash 2011 Results
Ah, one of my favorite activities of the year… picking through trash. While it might sound gross, and to be fair, it can be pretty gross, it is also pretty enlightening to see what winds up in the pile destined for a hole in the ground (ie landfill). Thanks to Eco-Reps Kayla, Grace, and Skye […]
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