Ecologue

In order to encourage OSU departments to recycle during the RecycleMania competition, Campus Recycling is offering a Departmental Shredding Discount Week this week, Monday-Friday, March 17-21. OSU departments that submit confidential paper pick-up requests online during this timeframe will get 50% off (regular price is 15¢ per lb.). Please note that only paper from OSU […]

If you are interested in sustainability, and presumably you are as a visitor of this blog, you may be thinking about how to go beyond throw-away trinkets to show your love this Valentine’s Day. Might we suggest you both show your support for sustainability and appreciation for your loved ones by sharing recycling-themed E-Cards? Visit […]

OSU Rec Sports, in partnership with Surplus Property, will host a sale of used outdoor sporting equipment this Saturday, February 15 at McAlexander Fieldhouse. The event will be held 8:30-11:30 am but we recommend coming before 10 am for the best selection. Come find great deals on used gear including camping, skiing, climbing, boating and […]

If you have passed through the Memorial Union Quad yet this week, you may have noticed a new presence: a heaping, stinking beast most foul! The RecycleMania Trash Monster, as it’s known, was built by our student volunteer team the Waste Watchers last week. It is built a monster out of 260 lbs. of trash […]

Donate 3 or more OSU Food Drive items to our public sales in February to receive a coupon for use in our store! For each set of 3 Food Drive donations you give, you will receive 1 coupon. Each coupon will be good for one of the following: $5 off any single item priced $10-49.99, […]

RecycleMania 2014, an 8-week Civil War and national recycling competition, launched Saturday and with it began the 4th Annual Hall Recycling Competition. The annual Hall Recycling Competition, started in 2011, will run for the first 3 weeks of RecycleMania 2014 – February 1-21. The competition is an opportunity to motivate residents to up their game […]

Ready to tap into your creative side? Come by the Waste Watchers‘ event Let’s Build a Trash Monster: Scrap Sculpture Construction Party on Wednesday, January 29 between 5:30 and 8:00 pm at the OSU Recycling Warehouse (644 SW 13th St.)! Drop by anytime in the timeframe to lend a hand in building a trash monster […]

If it’s broke, fix it! Do so by coming to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Thursday, January 23rd between 5:30 and 7:30 pm for our January Repair Fair. Bring your broken items and questions and volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things, and drop-in DIY (do it yourself) […]

Campus Recycling would like to welcome a new member of our team: Zach Stark, who started as our new student Program Assistant on December 30th. Learn more about Zach by reading the staff spotlight below. Title: Student Program Assistant Degree program: Electrical Engineering Year in school: Freshman What do you do at Campus Recycling? I […]

Who are the Waste Watchers? Waste Watchers is a joint group between Campus Recycling and the Student Sustainability Initiative whose mission is to engage students and the community in waste reduction at OSU by providing educational programming, meaningful opportunities for action, and empowerment of future leaders. Meet some of our members in these other blog […]