Ecologue

This year, our OSU Recycling Manager Pete Lepre celebrated his 5th year at OSU. As Pete reflects on the changes he’s seen over the past 5 years, he recognizes several major accomplishments that the OSU community has made towards responsible recycling. In 2007, OSU Recycling partnered with Allied Waste of Corvallis to offer the Master […]

For this week only, Monday through Friday, March 19-23, all online requests for pick-up of confidential papers will have the regular 15 cents per pound destruction fee waived. This is for OSU materials only, not personal papers. We encourage departments to take advantage of this opportunity to clear out unneeded files and save money, while […]

As part of RecycleMania, Campus Recycling and the Greek community are partnering up this week for the Greek Challenge: Recycling for the Greater Good. Sororities and fraternities will be competing to collect the most redeemable cans and plastic bottles to fundraise for the OSU Emergency Food Pantry. Students and community members are encouraged to bring […]

RecycleMania continues! This annual recycling competition amongst U.S. universities is chock-full of activities and opportunities to have fun, recycle your hard-to-recycle items, save money, show your recycling pride, and help OSU win! March calendar: E-Waste Collection: Help OSU win! Wednesday, March 7 at 8:00 am-7:30 pm and Thursday-Wednesday, March 8-9 and 12-14 at 8:00 am-4:00 […]

OSU Campus Recycling and Surplus Property are currently hiring student employees to start as soon as possible. Duties: Sorting and pricing surplus Recycling route pick-ups with state vehicles Posting products online on Ebay and LabX Surplus billing and shipping Other warehouse activities associated with surplus and recycling Loading trucks and lifting Working in a warehouse […]

RecycleMania continues! This annual recycling competition amongst U.S. universities is chock-full of activities and opportunities to have fun, score prizes, show your recycling pride, learn easy tips on how to reduce waste and help OSU win! On offer for February: Res. Hall Competition February 6-24, all res. halls For three weeks during the month of […]

RecycleMania 2012 is just around the corner, taking place January 22 through March 31 this year! This is a national recycling competition between universities, as well as a Civil War competition between OSU and the UO. RecycleMania is all about offering opportunities to increase awareness of and participation in waste reduction at OSU, now and […]

A few spaces remain in the 2012 Master Recycler class offered by OSU Campus Recycling and Allied Waste. The 2012 class will be held Wednesdays, January 11th through February 29th, 6:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in Furman Hall 101 (on the OSU Corvallis campus, on 15th St. near Jefferson Ave.). The class is free to […]

We want to know what YOU want to see happen for RecycleMania 2012 (Jan 22 – March 31)! Background RecycleMania is a 10-week competition for U.S. college and university recycling programs to see who can recycle the most! OSU competes both nationally, as well as locally in the RecycleMania Civil War, created by OSU and […]

The special recycling collection event organized for America Recycles Day on November 15th exceeded the expectations of volunteers and staff who organized it, with higher attendance and material collected than predicted. The event took place in the Memorial Union Brick Mall on Tuesday at 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. “The purpose of the event was […]