Name: Lindsey Almarode Title: Outreach Assistant & “Recycling Fairy” Major: Environmental Science Year: Senior When did you start working on waste reduction and recycling at OSU? I started volunteering with the Student Sustainability Initiative as a freshman; I attended several recycled craft events and managed my floor’s compost in my residence hall. During my sophomore [...]
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Waste Watchers Spotlight: Lindsey Almarode
Monday, May 20th, 2013Recycling/Surplus – Repair Fair Wed. May 29: Free repairs and demonstrations
Thursday, May 16th, 2013Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Wednesday, May 29th between the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 pm for our last Repair Fair of the year! 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 [...]
Recycling – Question of the Week: Repair Fair video
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013Time for our Question of the Week! The first person to to answer correctly will win an OSU stainless steel mug like this one! Submit your answer here (“Leave a Reply,” below) or on our Facebook page. Only one guess per person, please. Question of the Week: Our recently posted Repair Fair video clip (below) [...]
Recycling – Now hiring for a Student Design Assistant!
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Campus 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 [...]
Recycling – Behind the Scenes: Film Plastic
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013What is accepted: Clean film plastic free of contamination (food, dirt, paint, etc.) including: Cereal box liners Grocery/bread/produce bags Electronics wrap Plastic shipping envelopes Retail bags (strings removed) Shrink wrap Tyvek Ziplock type bags Other bags labeled #2 or #4 How it is processed: Film plastic is picked up from departments by Campus Recycling on [...]
Recycling – Waste Watchers Spotlight: Kyle Reed
Monday, May 13th, 2013Name: Kyle Reed Title: Reedcycler Major: Biology (with an option in Marine) Year: 1st Year When did you start volunteering with the Waste Watchers? I began volunteering with the Waste Watchers almost immediately upon arriving at OSU during this last Fall term. What has been your favorite project or event that the Waste Watchers have [...]
Recycling – What are the Repair Fairs? Watch the video and save the date for May 29!
Friday, May 10th, 2013Have 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 [...]
Recycling – Behind the Scenes: Toner & Ink Cartridges
Thursday, May 9th, 2013What is accepted: All types of toner and ink cartridges How they are processed: Toner and ink jet cartridges are picked up from departments by Campus Recycling on an as-needed basis. We send them to Garten Services, where they are packaged either individually or carefully placed together in boxes to minimize the chance of damage. [...]
Recycling – Question of the Week: Why do you recycle?
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Time for our Question of the Week! The first three people to answer will win an OSU reusable spork like this one! Submit your answer here (“Leave a Reply,” below) or on our Facebook page. Only one prize per person will be awarded, but multiple responses are welcome! Question of the Week: Fill in the [...]
Recycling – Behind the Scenes: Styrofoam and Packing Peanuts
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013What is accepted: Styrofoam blocks (no food containers) Packing peanuts How it is processed: Packing peanuts, most often made of Styrofoam or a corn-based plastic, are not recycled, but instead reused by Surplus Property for shipping purposes. As a result, Surplus rarely has to buy new packing peanuts. Styrofoam blocks are collected in 1,000 gallon [...]
