Current Events:

Dorm Rescue Program for All Vacating Residential Students

Getting ready to move out? Dorm Rescue is a Student Recycling Team program that gives vacating Rowan residential students the opportunity to donate any discards that can be reused rather than sending them to a landfill during moveout. Depending on the type of product, arrangements have been made so that students can donate to Planet Aid or Habitat for Humanity with very little effort. For more details, download the program flyer. For a map of Planet Aid bin locations, click here.

Single Stream Recycling is Here!

Rowan University is among the first colleges and universities in New Jersey to convert to single stream recycling. For a general description of this program download the single stream flyer here.

Past Events:

Transportation Study for Carbon Footprint: The Presidents Coucil for Sustainability is requesting your assistance in the participation of a study aimed at quantifying the carbon footprint of transportation at Rowan. We would greatly appreciate it if you would take a couple minutes of your time to complete a survey to help us gather necessary information. This information will be analyzed and made part of a report profiling the carbon footprint for Rowan University. Thank you in advance.

Recycling Blitz Wrap-up: The Student Recycling Team has recently finished the Recycling Blitz where new recycling bins were distributed to the Academic Buildings on campus. We are in the process of surveying all of the classrooms to ensure the initial distribution was complete and that each classroom and office has a properly label recycling can. If your classroom or office does not have a recycling can, or a garbage can, please contact us and tell us the Building and Room number.

Reworking Recycling in Residence Life (Triple-R): The Student Recycling Team is in the process of implementing recycling in the Residence Halls on campus. We have completed a survey of all the Residence Halls and have proposed our plan to Residence Life. We hope to roll out this plan and start placing recycling bins in the Residence Halls by mid April.

Cardboard Capture: This program was created to capture all of the cardboard waste created during move in and move out periods. Details to follow.

Green Fest: Do you want to move beyond awareness and attend an event that is fun, informative, diverse, hip, and focuses on YOU?? Are you interested in social justice issues, sustainability, green living, or other various environmental issues?? Do you want to go to an event and leave satisfied??

If so, come to Green Fest on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 11 AM - 2 PM and 6:30 - 8:30 PM. The event is hosted by National Wellness Institute and SUP. For a complete schedule of events click here. For a more detailed description of the event, click here and here.

Teach Today, Save Tomorrow: On April 11, 2008, Rowan University and Sodexho Campus Services hosted “Teach Today, Save Tomorrow,” a forum focused on establishing recycling programs at educational institutions, with special emphasis on food waste recycling. For more information, click here.

Recycle Mania: RecycleMania is an annual competition among Colleges and Universities that provides the campus community with a fun, proactive activity to reduce waste and promote waste reduction and recycling. This event concluded the week of April 7, 2008.

Recycling Blitz: This program was created to distribute new Single Stream recycling contains to all of the academic buildings on campus. The program was a huge success and over 320 cans were distributed in a little over an hour. Thanks to all those who helped us out in this important step in recycling on campus!

CFL Table: This event was held twice during the 2007-2008 semester to distribute Compact Fluorescent light bulbs to the students. Standard CFL's use 75% less energy than ordinary bulbs and can last 10 times longer. The goal was to promote products that use less energy.