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Early registration for Harvesting Clean Energy Conference

Harvesting Clean Energy is the Northwest’s premiere gathering of the agriculture, forestry, and energy industries to advance rural economic development through clean energy.  Now in its 12th year, Harvesting Clean Energy draws on top-notch presenters with real-world experience getting successful projects built and growing jobs in their communities. REGISTER EARLY TO RECEIVE LOW RATES Thanks […]

OSUsed Store End of Year Clearance December 19th

Don’t miss the OSUsed Store’s last public sale of 2012 on Wednesday, December 19th, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – much of our merchandise will be marked 75% off, plus all housewares will be 50% off! We will be closed to the public for two weeks following the December 19th sale, reopening on January 9, […]

WANTED: Your opinion on winter term RecycleMania activities!

We want to know what YOU want to see happen for RecycleMania 2013 (Jan 20 – March 30)! 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 […]

America Recycles Day collection event exceeds 2011 results

On November 15, OSU hosted its second annual special recycling collection event in the Memorial Union Brick Mall for America Recycles Day. The purpose of the event was to give the opportunity to recycle hard-to-recycle items all in one convenient location, as well as educate people about recycling and waste reduction all year long. Materials […]

Next Repair Fair offered on November 26th

Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Monday, November 26 between the hours of 6 and 8 pm for our second Repair Fair, this one for the month of November. Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things (see list below for what’s […]

Refer A Friend and New Customer Sale at the OSUsed Store Nov. 14

Come to the OSUsed Store on Wednesday, November 14th at 12 to 3 p.m., at which all new OSUsed Store customers and the friends that refer them will get 25% off their entire purchase! Existing customers who bring in a new customer will get a coupon for 25% off their entire purchase on November 14th. […]

America Recycles Day @ OSU: Special Recycling Collection Event Nov. 15

To celebrate America Recycles Day, OSU wants to help you recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Our special recycling collection event will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 – 4:00 PM in the Memorial Union Brick Mall. What is Accepted: Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE recycling: Styrofoam – rigid […]

Do you get questions about OSU sustainability? Share them!

Campus Recycling and the OSU Sustainability Office are teaming up to produce a session for Training Days 2012.  The session, entitled Sustainability for Campus Communicators, is Wednesday, Nov.14 at 10:00-10:50 am and will cover current and upcoming hot topics and accomplishments that may be useful in your marketing and communications work at OSU. One focus […]

Halloween Sale at the OSUsed Store

Celebrate Halloween at the OSUsed Store on Wednesday, October 31st at 12 to 3 p.m. Reach into the foggy “cauldron” for a chance to draw a sale price of 25, 50 or 75% off one item! Sale price is good on one item purchased on October 31st. Excludes spot bid and online merchandise. Customers have […]

Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference session proposals due soon!

The 2013 Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference will take place January 31 — February 1, 2013 at the Smith Memorial Student Union at Portland State University. Three important developments have occurred recently. The deadline for session proposals (PDF) has been extended to at least Nov.2.  Presentations can be 20, 30 or 60 minutes with 15 […]