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Volunteer with Waste Watchers this Spring!

Get Involved with the Waste Watchers Interested in volunteering on campus? Gaining leadership skills? Making an impact on sustainability? If any of these describe you, the Waste Watchers club may be the right fit for you! Drop by our weekly meetings: Spring Term Meetings WHEN: Tuesdays, Mar 31 – June 2 | 6:30 – 8:00 pm […]

Waste Watchers Spotlight: Cristina Riani

Name: Cristina Riani Title/Nickname: Cristicat Degree: Environmental Science Year in School: Freshman When did you start volunteering with the Waste Watchers? October 2014 What has been your favorite project or event that the Waste Watchers have been involved in? Hard choice but I think Recycling Mythbusters. What keeps you volunteering with the Waste Watchers? I found a group of […]

Get Used! 5 WasteHacks to get you buying used

WasteHacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy WasteHacks so you don’t waste time or materials. WasteHacks for Buying Used Prices have gone up noticeably for everyday items like clothing and […]

Are you buying waste? 6 WasteHack secrets to reduce packaging

WasteHacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy WasteHacks so you don’t waste time or materials. WasteHacks for Buying Less Packaging. Found along roadways and snagged in fencing. Dangling from […]

Meet the Menders: Tanya Andersson

For the February Repair Fair, we interviewed Tanya Andersson, a regular sewing volunteer. Tanya began volunteering last winter, and has helped mend clothes at three Repair Fairs. What do you do outside of the repair fairs? I work at OSU, I work for Parking Services. Outside of the Repair Fair I sew; I am a quilter. I’ve […]

7 printing WasteHacks to make the most of your machine

Wastehacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy Wastehacks so you don’t waste time or materials. WasteHacks for Printing When it comes to printing, the simplest answer to being environmentally […]

RecycleMania 2015 Kicks Off! Phase 1 Events

RecycleMania is a national and civil war recycling competition between universities that runs eight weeks every winter term. This year’s competition spans February 1 – March 28. You can help OSU compete by recycling, composting, and reducing your trash. In celebration of the competition, there will be events spanning nearly every week of the competition: […]

Feb. Repair Fair: D.I.Y. demos and repairs!

Bring those broken or damaged items to the February Repair Fair, Wednesday from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. The event will be held at the OSU Recycling Warehouse, a.k.a. the OSUsed Store (644 SW 13th Street). The event is free and open to all. Volunteers will teach you how to fix your broken items; attend demos […]

5 Easy Wastehacks to Go Reusable

Wastehacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy Wastehacks so you don’t waste time or materials. Wastehacks to Go Reusable Last week, we talked about how to extend the life […]