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New campus composting program in full swing, reduces food waste
A new composting program is diverting several tons of food waste away from SU Food Services’ dumpsters each month and returning it back to its organic origins.
Campus labs give packaging waste a second life
Syracuse University laboratories are keeping one of the most “eco-unfriendly” materials out of the waste stream. The labs recently stopped trashing polystyrene foam, better known as Styrofoam, and instead are now giving the non-biodegradable packaging material a second life through recycling.
Syracuse University receives two Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids for local demonstration programs
The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) and CuseCar, a local not-for-profit community car share provider utilizing alternatively fueled vehicles, also received two cars each through the program.
SU’s recycling program expands
As of July 1, Syracuse University has a new five-year waste removal and recycling contract with Syracuse Haulers. As a result of this new contract, the University has expanded its recycling program to include the recycling of tub-type containers stamped #5 on the bottom, such as yogurt and cottage cheese containers.
First University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market of the 2010 season will be held June 11
Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will kick off the fourth annual University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market series on Friday, June 11.
SU Climate Action Plan work starting with College of Visual and Performing Arts
VPA is the first Syracuse University school selected to begin implementing the University’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), the blueprint released in September 2009 designed to make SU climate neutral by 2040.
SU professor contributes to call for accelerated conservation in New England
New England forests are at a turning point. A new study released today by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states.
Syracuse University featured in green colleges guidebook
Syracuse University is one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company selected SU for inclusion in a unique new resource it has created for college applicants, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.”
SU tops Big East in green power purchases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Syracuse University as the 2009-2010 Individual Conference Champion for using more green power than any other school in the Big East. This is the fourth consecutive year SU has been the Big East Individual Conference Champion.
Syracuse University named to 2010 InfoWorld Green 15 for its new Green Data Center
Syracuse University has been named one of the 2010 Green 15 by GDC’s InfoWorld for the University’s innovative Green Data Center (GDC).