Learn D.I.Y. skills at the October and November Repair Fairs
The Repair Fairs are back! Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Thursday, October 24th between the hours of 6 and 8 pm for our first Repair Fair of the year. Bring your broken items and questions and volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things, and attend demos […]
Volunteer with the Waste Watchers! Here's how.
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 […]
Campus Recycling is now hiring a student Graphic Designer
Campus Recycling is now recruiting a Student Graphic Designer to join our outreach team, to design and implement print and digital media for the purpose of educating and engaging the OSU community in recycling and waste reduction. Job Description Job duties include: Graphic design (constitutes 60% or more of work hours): Designing, ordering and distributing […]
3-Day OSUsed Store Clearance offers extended hours and special prices Aug. 21-23
Come to the OSUsed Store’s special 3-Day Clearance public sale on Wednesday through Friday, August 21 through 23 at 12:00-4:00 pm each day. In addition to offering these extended days and times, many specially marked in-store items will be 25 to 75% off! The OSUsed Store is located at 644 SW 13th Street in Corvallis […]
Recycling/Surplus is hiring student staff!
Are you an OSU student looking for work? Join the recycling and surplus team! Campus Recycling and Surplus Property are currently hiring approximately 5 student employees to assist with our operations, primarily working on recycling and surplus hauling. Duties include recycling and surplus pick-ups, loading and unloading materials, sorting recyclables, pricing surplus items, etc. We […]
91% diversion achieved at staff picnic
Good news: at yesterday’s OSU Finance & Administration staff picnic, we diverted 91% of waste (by volume)! We diverted an estimated 180 gallons of recycling and compost from the landfill – that’s equivalent to 14 kitchen trash cans! Thank you to the picnic organizers, waste station volunteers and attendees for helping us walk our (sustainability) […]
Red, White & Blue Dot Sales at the OSUsed Store July 3rd & 6th
Come to the store for our Wednesday evening and/or Saturday sale where many items will be marked 25, 50 or 75% off! Public sale times: Wednesday, July 3, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Items will be marked with red, white and blue tags: all white tags 25% off, […]
Special Saturday Sale at the OSUsed Store June 22nd
This special day and time – Saturday, June 22nd at 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – provides an opportunity for both new and existing customers to check out the OSUsed Store on a weekend for extended hours, and shop the extra household items we don’t typically have in stock. Available merchandise will include extra household […]
You can help OSU donate 22,000 lbs. during res. hall move-out
Did you know that in 2012 over 20,000 pounds of material was diverted from the landfill and given to local non-profits as residents moved out of their res. halls? Our goal this year is 22,000 pounds, and you can help,…whether or not you live in a hall! How You Can Help LIVE IN A RESIDENCE […]
Final Repair Fair Wed. May 29: Free repairs and demonstrations
Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Wednesday, May 29th between the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 pm for our last Repair Fair of the year! Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things. Save money, save natural resources and be part of […]