Monday, December 1st, 2008 Litter News
by Dawn Quirk Returning from Hawaii to California, Ocean Researcher Charles Moore came across a terrifying sight: everyday for one week he saw trash as far as the eye could see from the deck… Read More
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 News Recycling and Climate Change
by Dawn Quirk Ever wonder where you can find real facts about Global Warming and the effects of greenhouse gases on our fragile climate? The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, the Institute for Local… Read More
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 News Recycling at Home
by Kelsey Schur Going home after spending three quarters of the year at Tufts can be confusing. Your parents repainted your room “mauve” while you were gone (what the heck is that color supposed… Read More
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 News Recycled Products - Unusual
by Dawn Quirk This past weekend Hynes Convention Center was abuzz with dozens of green vendors peddling everything from organic vodka to reusable diapers in the down:2:earth convention. Of the dozens of vendors, there… Read More
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
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
Monday, August 13th, 2007 Life Cycle News
by Dawn Quirk 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… Read More