Posts Tagged ‘Waste Reduction’
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Campus Recycling is now hiring for a Student Design Assistant to join our outreach team, to design and implement print and digital media.
Job Description
Job duties include:
Graphic design (constitutes 60% or more of work hours):
Designing, ordering and distributing print and digital media such as posters, fliers, recycle bin signs, newspaper ads, and graphics for digital use [...]
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Have you heard about the Repair Fairs? If not, be sure to watch our video which gives an inside look:
The video was filmed by Waste Watcher Jodie Davaz at the February Repair Fair.
Be sure to mark your calendars, for we will be holding our last Repair Fair of the year on Wednesday, May 29 from [...]
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Monday, April 29th between the hours of 6 and 8 pm for our Repair Fair!
Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things!
Save money, save natural resources and be part of a growing culture of reuse.
Repair skills [...]
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
At OSU, we have been celebrating Earth Day ever since the first one in 1970. But we’re too hardcore for just one day of observance of this amazing planet we live on, so we celebrate for a full week! Hence: Earth Week, a week of fun and educational activities geared toward raising environmental awareness and [...]
Tags: Alternative transportation, earth week, Energy, Event, Food, Landscape, OSUsed Store, SSI, Sustainability Office, Transportation, Waste Reduction
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
Northwest Earth Institute discussion courses are a popular way to engage in locally-relevant conversations about the topics of our time. More than 130,000 people worldwide have participated in their discussion courses!
Beginning April 2, a Global Warming: Changing Course discussion group is starting in Corvallis at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, NW Circle and 29t St. Course [...]
Tags: Alternative transportation, consumerism, Energy, Food, Landscape, Stormwater, Transportation, Volunteer, Waste Reduction, Water
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Campus Recycling is now hiring for a Student Outreach Assistant to assist the Outreach Coordinator in educating and engaging the OSU community in recycling and waste reduction.
Job duties include planning events, coordinating the department compost program, tabling, giving presentations and more.
The student will start work in April 2013 and work 12-20 hours/week, at a starting [...]
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Congratulations for the Res. Hall Eco-Challenge Month winners, Weatherford for recycling and Hawley for electricity!
Weatherford recycled the most, 3.1 pounds per person over the three weeks, and won the RecycleMania Res. Hall trophy.
Hawley used the least amount of electricity compared to an earlier baseline, and won a certificate.
See the full results here and learn about [...]
Tags: Contest, Energy, RecycleMania, SSI, Waste Reduction
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
RecycleMania is a 10-week national recycling competition between universities, which started January 20th and runs through March 30th.
OSU is competing to recycle the most both nationally and in the Civil War with the University of Oregon. As you can see, it is a tight competition this year!
Calendar
Events and other opportunities are offered every week; here’s [...]
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
Film Plastic & E-waste Collection Week
Wed, March 6, 9 am – 7:30 pm, and
Weekdays Thurs-Wed, March 7-13, 9 am – 4 pm
Recycling Warehouse (644 SW 13th St.)
Help OSU compete nationally in the RecycleMania electronics and film plastics categories! Bring broken or unused electronics and clean film plastic (see list of accepted items below) for [...]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Wednesday, February 27th between the hours of 5 and 7 pm for our Repair Fair!
Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things (see list below for what’s on offer this time)! Repair demonstrations also offered. Save [...]
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