Yesterday an astounding 5000 meals were served at the freshman matriculation luncheon. A big shout out to the Facilities crew for setting up bins and collecting recycling from this large event. Thank you! Your work is appreciated by all. Tufts Facilities Recycles!
Yesterday an astounding 5000 meals were served at the freshman matriculation luncheon. A big shout out to the Facilities crew for setting up bins and collecting recycling from this large event. Thank you! Your work is appreciated by all.
Posted by Dawn at 11:05 AM
August 28, 2007Walking On Recycled Glass
Erosion is a constant issue for many Floridian beaches. In the past, this issue was solved by dredging sand from the ocean floor and piped to shore to replenish the beaches. However, this proved to be very costly (approaching $50 million) mainly because of stricter reef protection laws.
The Broward County are looking into using recycled glass to help alleviate their shortage of sand. This process includes crushing glass into tiny grains then mix them with regular sand.
"It is only natural, backers of the idea say, because sand is the main ingredient in glass."
There are many benefits from this project. One of which is turning glass back to its natural state, sand. Another is that it helps "reduce waste stream that goes to our landfills" and "generate materials that could be available for the beaches."
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Posted by Hai at 11:05 AM
August 24, 2007Tufts University named in top 15 "greenest" schools
The award-winning non-profit online environmental news service Grist Magazine recently placed Tufts University number 9 out of the 15 greenest schools in the U.S.!
GO JUMBOS!
Click here to see the complete list of winners.
Posted by Dawn at 2:35 PM
It's Never Too Late to Stop Hitting the Bottle
Bottled water is one of the most expensive and environmentally-damaging parts of daily American life. The bottles are derived primarily from fossil fuels which consume more than 1.5 million barrels of oil each year, enough to fuel some 100,000 US cars in the same amount of time.
Think you're escaping "unhealthy" tap water by choosing bottled? Think again: Pepsi Co.'s Aquafina is tap water! Plus, tap water may actually be healthier: the FDA allows bottled water to contain a certain amount of fecal matter (ick), whereas the EPA doesn't allow municipal water systems to contain any. Plus, many times the water is coming from half-way around the world, requiring exorbitant amounts of energy. All this, AND, at as much as $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs almost three times as much as gasoline, as well as between 240 and 10,000 times the cost of tap water.
For more information, check out:
CNN
Information taken from the Massachusetts EPP Buyer Update.
Posted by Dawn at 2:25 PM
August 16, 2007Donations to the Salvation Army Earlier today, the Jumbo Drop program once again donated a big truck load of linens and clothings to the Salvation Army like we did earlier back in June. Except this time, we donated much more than 60 bags! The truck was completely packed with more than 120 bags! Thanks to all of you who donated and also many thanks to the Jumbo Drop crew that helped with the collection and sorting!
Posted by Hai at 3:59 PM
August 13, 2007Ecological Rucksack
This invisible trail of resource consumption and waste is sometimes called the "ECOLOGICAL RUCKSACK." The rucksack in the cartoon below contains all the mining waste and toxic waste created in making a small wedding band. Thanks to Seppo Leinonen for creating is great cartoon!
Posted by Hai at 11:17 PM
August 9, 2007Harry Potter Cares About the Environment! New York, NY (March 20, 2007) -- Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing and media company, announced today that all 12 million copies of the U.S. edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be printed on paper that contains a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste (pcw) fiber. Moreover, 65% of the 16,700 tons of paper used in the U.S. first printing will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the global standard-setter for responsible forest management. This historic commitment is the largest purchase of FSC certified paper to be used in the printing of a single book title. read more
Posted by Dawn at 12:31 PM
Jumbo Drop: A Success!
Hi you guys! Hopefully Jumbo Drop made your move out day hell of a lot easier. We would like to thank you all for the donations. By the way if you didn't know, it took us a good few weeks to collect and sort everything. We're happy to announce that we were able to donate many big boxes of food to the food bank, 60+ bags of linens to the Salvation Army, and tons more. You guys made all this happen. Once again, thank you!
Don't forget about Jumbo Drop Yard Sale on Labor Day at the new parking lot next to the new Art building. Don't buy too much (and please don't buy clothes hangers at all) because you can get them for cheaper at the yard sale. Have a great summer!
Posted by Dawn at 12:30 PM