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Purchasing for Your Health & Our Planet

You may have heard the phrase “your vote is your dollar”- where you choose to spend your money speaks to the products and services that you value and support. By purchasing products that minimize negative environmental impacts by using safe ingredients and ethical, energy-efficient manufacturing or from companies that demonstrate…

adminOctober 28, 2020

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So Like… Recycling? Expanding the Understanding of Sustainability

As the first person to hold the Director of Sustainability position of SGA, there were a number of uncertainties for what my job might look like when I first started. Though a slightly intimidating concept to be the first of anything, I was excited about the wide array of possibilities…

adminSeptember 28, 2020

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How to Recycle and Repurpose University Property Instead of Sending it to Landfills

ALRM Overhead Google Image Ag Land and Resource Management (ALRM) provides construction, earth preparation, irrigation systems, AG building repair, roads, and ponds in support of the College of Agriculture (COAG) and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES). In the fall of 2018, ALRM was directed to begin the process of…

adminSeptember 3, 2019

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Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

Walmart founder, Sam Walton, said, “We’re all working together; that’s the secret.” Let me tell you about our little secret! At Auburn, we are making a difference in waste reduction at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) by working together. The CVM has partnered with AU Waste Reduction…

adminAugust 30, 2019

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My Experience in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department

Post contributed by Gabriel Harrison, Student Employee, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department When I first started at Auburn University, my focus was on going to class, studying and socializing. I didn’t spend much time thinking about recycling. We didn’t have a recycling program at my house when I was growing…

adminApril 2, 2018

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Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Climate

Post contributed by Joan Hicken, Coordinator, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department Greenhouse gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Resource extraction and processing, manufacturing, transportation, consumption and waste management all result in greenhouse gas emissions. Rising levels of…

adminFebruary 26, 2018

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Recycling Drop-Off Center Now Available On Campus

Post contributed by Lindsay Souders, Student Employee, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department One of the ways the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department is working to promote sustainability on campus is by recycling – diverting useful materials from the waste stream in an effort to reduce our dependence on landfills. To…

adminFebruary 26, 2018

Purchasing for Your Health & Our Planet

So Like… Recycling? Expanding the Understanding of Sustainability

How to Recycle and Repurpose University Property Instead of Sending it to Landfills

Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

My Experience in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department

Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Climate

Recycling Drop-Off Center Now Available On Campus

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