RecycleMania has begun!As many of you already know, Tufts is once again competing in the national RecycleMania competition to determine which school creates the least amount of waste. This is determined by various measures including waste per/capita and the percentage of our total waste that is recycled rather than thrown away.
Keep up to date with the event and our current progress at:
- Our own RecycleMania homepage www.tuftsrecycles.org/recyclemania
- The official RecycleMania site www.recylemania.com
- Tufts RecycleMania announcements, news, and updates www.tufts.edu/tuftsrecycles/recyclemaniaannouncements.html
Want to pitch in? Keep yourself and others informed about everything that can be recycled on campus (check out the "How to Recycle" link for useful tips). I'd be willing to bet there are a few things there you wouldn't have thought of. There certainly were a few I didn't know... like, for example that the bindings on notebooks do not have to be removed before recycling the notebooks. Who knew? Removing them was always such a pain.
Check out the scoreboards in your dorms, in dining halls, and (soon) online that mark our progress in the event and spread the word about the competition.
Lastly, students can help us keep vigil through your daily routine. If you notice cracks in our recycling infrastructure such as missing bins, places that should have (more) bins and do not, or recycling bins being disposed of as trash please call Dawn at TuftsRecycles. For many, the choice to recycle is determined by availability of infrastructure so efforts to make that infrastructure more seamless will go a long way.
RecycleMania is, at its core, a way to get you to examine your waste choices as you make them so let's reduce, reuse, recycle!
Have you ever heard of Dumpster Diving?Two friends decide to not buy any things for 3 months. They dumpster dive all of their clothes, food, electronics, art materials, etc.
Posted by
Hai
at 4:16 PM
Recycle RunwayNancy Judd, founder of Recycle Runway, turns recyclables such as crushed glass, soda cans, and campaign signs into outfits with elements of fashion, art, and politics. Her latest project includes a 1950s-style cocktail dress made from Obama yard signs, a man's winter coat covered with paper campaign door hangers, a woman's swing coat stitched together from voter-registration materials, and a ball gown made of campaign posters. Judd will show off these pieces with live models at The Green Inaugural Ball in Washington DC.
Jenna Mack, one of the ball's producers, described Judd's work as "beyond fabulous" and said that Judd was invited to the ball because her work fits well with the theme of the event and the president-elect's expected environmental and conservation policies.
Nancy Judd, founder of Recycle Runway, turns recyclables such as crushed glass, soda cans, and campaign signs into outfits with elements of fashion, art, and politics. Her latest project includes a 1950s-style cocktail dress made from Obama yard signs, a man's winter coat covered with paper campaign door hangers, a woman's swing coat stitched together from voter-registration materials, and a ball gown made of campaign posters. Judd will show off these pieces with live models at The Green Inaugural Ball in Washington DC.