Volunteer newsletter: audits & Styrofoam tomorrow, spring cleaning, Earth Week registration

[Norris, Andrea]

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

 

1. Volunteers needed for audits tomorrow
2. Tomorrow is your last chance to recycle Styrofoam
3. Spring cleaning for a RecycleMania victory
4. Earth Week registration now open

 

1. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Residence Hall Recycling Competition Waste Audit

Fri, Mar. 11, any time 9am-4pm; Recycling Warehouse, 644 SW 13th St Join us to conduct dumpster audits for a residence hall competition; volunteer for any length of time between 9am and 4pm tomorrow. Help us achieve our goal of auditing a dumpster from every hall, and become an expert on how to recycle at the same time! The hall with the lowest % (by weight) of recyclables in their dumpster will win a prize!

 

2. Tomorrow is your last chance to recycle Styrofoam!

Surplus Warehouse (644 SW 13th St) - 8am-5pm

Student Sustainability Center (738 SW 15th St) - 11am-5pm

McNary Service Center (1300 SW Jefferson Ave) - 8am-7pm

Arnold Service Center (681 SW 26th St) - 8am-7pm

West Service Center (351 SW 30th St) - 8am-7pm

Black Cultural Center (2320 SW Monroe Ave) - 10am-5pm

Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez (691 SW 26th St) - 10am-5pm

Native American Longhouse (311 SW 26th St) - 10am-5pm

Bring CLEAN (no food or other debris) expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) blocks, wraps, "egg crate" foam and packing peanuts to any of the drop sites listed below, during the site’s open hours. Please sort out packing peanuts into the separate, smaller bin. Recycling this material will be FREE during the collection week only, so take advantage of this opportunity! Sponsored by Campus Recycling, SSI, UHDS, BCC, and CCCC.

   

3. Spring Cleaning for a RecycleMania victory

Mon-Fri, Mar 14-18 and 21-25, Your Department/Room

How good it feels to recycle all those papers at the end of each term! Get them in the bin before next term so that material is counted for the RecycleMania competition!

Are you a department? Let Campus Recycling and Surplus Property help you get organized for spring by picking up all your unneeded papers and equipment! Use our online recycling request form and surplus pickup request system to get extra recycling bins or to schedule a pickup of surplus property, respectively.

 

4. Earth Week 2011 registration now open

 Are you part of a local group that is involved in sustainability? Please consider signing up for a free booth at the annual Earth Week Community Fair and/or submitting your event to this year’s calendar (April 16-22)! Details and instructions are at http://recycle.oregonstate.edu/EarthDay/getInvolved.cfm.

 

Happy recycling,

Andrea Norris

Outreach Coordinator

Campus Recycling, Surplus Property, Campus Freight

OSU Business Services

644 SW 13th St Corvallis, OR 97333

work: (541) 737-5398

cell: (541) 908-0936

fax: (541) 737-2170

http://recycle.oregonstate.edu

 

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