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Library Love: an upcycled art competition
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga On Wednesday, March 22nd, a semester’s worth of work and planning culminated in successfully hosting Library Love, an upcycled art competition in the CoLab space of the Iwasaki Library! For a few hours, students, faculty, and staff members came together to create and discuss sustainability on campus through crafting. With…
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Weigh the Waste — March, 2023
By Eco Ambassador Katie Koenig On Monday, March 20, Emerson’s Eco Ambassadors hosted the third Weigh the Waste event of the 2022-23 school year. Weigh the Waste is held to measure the amount of different kinds of waste students produce during an average dining period in the dining hall, in addition to recording students’ reasons…
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Weigh the Waste — February, 2023
By Eco Ambassador Katelyn Koenig Wondering why we’re asking you to sort your waste this evening? You’ve come to the right place! During the fall semester and now once again in spring, Eco Ambassadors set up weigh stations in the dining hall to track the amount of waste that students produce in an average dinner…
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What is waste diversion?
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga This week marks the start of the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste. Emerson has entered the waste diversion division of the competition this year. Waste diversion, or landfill diversion, is the process of diverting waste from landfills for uses such as recycling, composting, or repurposing. The main goal is…
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December Weigh the Waste events brings in one pound of edible food waste per minute
By Eco Ambassador Katie Koenig On December 7, the Eco Ambassadors worked with the dining hall to set up tables with large, labeled bins to collect all the waste from that evening’s dinner period. Eco Ambassadors worked the tables, directing waste into organized categories, both to encourage dining-goers to properly dispose of their waste and…
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Eco Ambassadors host Compost Concert event with WECB
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga On December 6, 2022 we hosted our first “Compost Concert” event on Emerson’s campus. Located in the Bill Bordy Theatre from 6 to 8 pm, the event centered around spreading awareness of Emerson’s compost initiatives around campus and celebrating the end of the semester through groovy music and vegan treats. …
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Fall Swap and Shop donation drive — starting Wednesday!
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe Have any items you want to donate before winter break? Campus Services is organizing a fall semester donation drive for students to donate the following items: Donation bins will be out from December 7th to the 16th in the locations listed below. Upon returning to campus, students will have the…
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Preventing food waste on and off campus
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga Food waste is no joke. While it may not seem like the most thrilling topic to discuss, it’s an issue that every single one of us contributes to, whether we intend to or not. Having a “zero waste lifestyle,” a way of living where an individual aims to produce zero…
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Where does Emerson’s organic waste go?
By Eco Ambassador Katie Koenig Emerson’s Eco Ambassadors took a field trip to the Waste Management plant in Charlestown, Massachusetts on October 28. We visited their CORe facility and learned about their process for turning food waste into an organic slurry that is transported to the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District in North Andover. The wastewater…
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Fall, 2022 Clean Out Your Office day recap
Last week, faculty and staff from across Emerson brought office supplies, electronics, books, and more to the fall, 2022 Clean Out Your Office (COYO) days. Held over two days in the Bordy Theater to accommodate hybrid work schedules, the event diverted an estimated 200 pounds of supplies from the trash stream. Archives staff were also…
