Ecologue

To celebrate America Recycles Day, OSU wants to help you recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Our special recycling collection event will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 – 4:00 PM in the Memorial Union Brick Mall. What is Accepted: Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE recycling: Styrofoam – rigid […]

Celebrate Halloween at the OSUsed Store on Wednesday, October 31st at 12 to 3 p.m. Reach into the foggy “cauldron” for a chance to draw a sale price of 25, 50 or 75% off one item! Sale price is good on one item purchased on October 31st. Excludes spot bid and online merchandise. Customers have […]

Come to the Student Sustainability Center (738 SW 15th St.) on Monday, October 29 between the hours of 6:30 to 9:00 pm for the October 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 month)! Save money, save […]

This weekend, October 20th and 21st, OSU will compete in the EPA Game Day Challenge, a nationwide competition between universities to reduce waste at football games. The challenge is to educate football fans about waste reduction, and weigh all the trash and recycling from one game. The EPA takes the data and calculates stats such […]

Who are the Oregon State University Waste Watchers? In this video, a few of them explain what they’ve worked on, why they volunteer, and what they’re looking forward to this year. Thank you to Waste Watcher Jodie Davaz for making this video! About the group Waste Watchers is a joint group between Campus Recycling and […]

Have you heard of the Waste Watchers? We are a joint group between Campus Recycling and the Student Sustainability Initiative that works on events and other outreach related to waste reduction on campus. You can become a Waste Watcher too by volunteering with us! Learn more on our volunteer page, or drop by our fall […]

Waste Watchers is a joint group between Campus Recycling and the Student Sustainability Initiative that works on events and other outreach related to waste reduction on campus. Drop by our first event of the year to enjoy snacks, learn about the volunteer team, meet new people who share your interests, and try your hand at […]

With the start of a new academic year, we thought it appropriate to remind everyone about the weekly OSUsed Store sales going on throughout the year. The OSUsed Store is open Wednesdays: 1st Wed. of the month: 5:30-7:30 pm All other Wednesdays: 12:00-3:00 pm Located at 644 SW 13th Street (on 13th Street between A […]

Campus Recycling, the OSU Sustainability Office, University Housing and Dining Services and the Student Sustainability Initiative are recruiting resident students to serve as paid Eco-Representatives (Eco-reps) in three residence halls this academic year (applicants from all halls are welcome). Eco-reps will work to educate their peers about sustainable lifestyles and resources, assist with marketing and […]

Come to the OSUsed Store‘s special 3-Day Clearance Sale on Wednesday through Friday, August 22 through 24 at 12:00-4:00 pm each day. Each day will be a clearance sale with prices declining throughout the week: 25% off Wednesday, 50% off Thursday and 75% off on Friday! Sales prices apply storewide, with the exception of spot […]