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Campus Recyclers See Challenges & Opportunities from COVID-19 Barrie, ON (January 20, 2021) – A partnership of organizations has published the preliminary results of their survey into the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education waste reduction efforts. Recycling and sustainability managers from over 130 schools across the US and Canada have participated in the 15-question survey covering topics such as indoor collection programs, budget impacts, and reusable to-go food container programs. Among the results, COVID is causing: Many schools to convert deskside…

This article is a Guest Post from our friends over at snacknation.com Sustainability in business is a hot topic, and with the right approach you can actually embrace a greener approach to running an organization while also reducing costs. Here are 10 easy solutions to consider if you want to bolster your firm’s eco credentials, save cash and optimize your use of recycling resources in one fell swoop. Give employees branded water bottles Single use plastics are a serious ecological issue, and drinks containers are…

The future was looking pretty murky for collegiate recycling and waste reduction programs in late-August when the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) and the US Composting Council (USCC) first surveyed campus recycling staff on the near-term impact of COVID-19 to recycling and organics recovery programs. With plans to return people to campus still a moving target, the survey pointed to a couple of broad trends: the need for a major reorganization of collection operations, a massive shift from reusable plates, cups, etc. toward disposable…

There’s a common phrase shared between campus recycling and waste managers: it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission. You may need to temporarily place a roll-off dumpster outside a professor’s office window, or change collection schedules to a different day of the week. Never mind any political biases a college culture may have, they are fundamentally conservative places when it comes to institutional change. Operational changes inevitably impact one campus stakeholder or another, and their perceptions of the inconvenience…