1990: Tufts Recycles! is started by students
1991: Tufts starts composting yard waste thanks to the help of students in an environmental economics course
2000: Dining halls begin composting food waste scraps
2004: Former Full-Time Recycling Coordinator Dawn Quirk is hired
2005: Tufts competes for the first time in Recyclemania, comes in 9th place out of 50 participating schools
2007: Tufts ranks in 8th place in per-capita recycling rates during Recyclemania, beating Harvard and Yale2010: Tufts’ high recycling rates reach a plateau, echoing the state average.
April 2012: Tufts ranks first among NESCAC schools in recycling rates
Fall 2012: Tufts Recycles! begins shoe recycling program
December 2012: Tufts honored with silver recycling award, coming in second place to Harvard in MassRecycles 17th Annual Recycling Award Ceremony
December 2012: Tufts Recycles! installs Greenbean recycle boxes in dorms
2013/2014: Freecycle rooms installed in select dorms.
Fall 2014: Tufts Recycles! starts tennis ball recycling program
March 2015: Tufts recycles! starts trash buddy initiative to increase recycling rates for faculty and staff in offices.
Spring 2017: All campuses made the switch to single stream recycling
Fall 2017: The Office of Sustainability partners with the Campus Services division of Facilities Services to manage the waste and recycling program at Tufts.
Fall 2017: Blue and Brown Pass Down Move In Sale