Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Bottled Water News
by Dawn Quirk Tufts Recycles! congratulates the Think Outside the Bottle (TOTB) campaign for writing a resolution that was recently passed by TCU Senate encouraging Tufts administration to spend less university money on bottled water.… Read More
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 News Trash Audits
by Dawn Quirk In anticipation of America Recycles Day and to learn more about trash at Tufts, Joshua Yellin, Lori Lichtman, Nicolas Viveros, Emily Rockwell, Yosefa Ehrlich, Heather Angstrom and Dawn Quirk sorted through a… Read More
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Bottled Water News Plastics
by Dawn Quirk Did you know that more than 4 billion pounds of plastic bottles end up in landfills or as roadside litter annually? Or that producing bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled water… Read More
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 Energy News
by Dawn Quirk Thanks largely to our favorite energy manager and Tufts Recycles! advocate Betsy Isenstein, National Grid recognized Tufts yesterday for vigorously utilizing energy efficiency upgrades over the last twenty years. During the company’s… Read More
Friday, October 12th, 2007 News Recycled Products - Unusual
by Dawn Quirk Does the smash hit finale at the National Recycling Coalition’s 2007 ExpoDoes “recycled fashion show” conjure up images of Hawaiian skirts made from paper shreds or give flashbacks from Project Runway’s season… Read More
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 News Paper Plastics
by Dawn Quirk Are you really still wondering? Read The Washington Post’s report that reuse is best. Tip – if you forget to bring bags on your next trip to buy groceries, just grab some… Read More
Monday, October 1st, 2007 News Plastics
by Dawn Quirk Let me set the scene…You are shaking a bottle of ketchup for the last drops when a disturbing farting noise ruins your appetite, not to mention your popularity. We’ve all been there.… Read More
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 News
by Dawn Quirk On September 5th, Coca-Cola announced they are investing more than $60 million to build the world’s largest plastic-bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The plant is set to be fully operational… Read More
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Dormitories & On-Campus News Plastics
by Dawn Quirk A huge thanks to our beloved custodians for recycling during move-in this year! From breaking down boxes, removing trash, and collecting cardboard from all 40 residential buildings – not to mention during… Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Glass News
by Dawn Quirk 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,… Read More