Recycling & Green Cleaning News
Clemson Gearing Up for Recycle Mania 2008
November 19, 2007
Once again, Clemson will compete in Recycle Mania, a 10-week nationwide collegiate recycling competition. Recycle Mania has many levels of competition, and you can support Clemson's efforts by recycling as much as possible from January to April. For more information, visit recyclemaniacs.org or go to the Recycle Mania MySpace page.
Recycle Your Old Phonebook
September 25, 2007
The 07-08 print edition of the university telephone directory is being distributed. You can recycle your old directory in a blue bin labeled for paper.
Tailgating Recycling Scores Big
September 4, 2007
Clemson Recycling, Students for Environmental Awareness, Solid Green and Palmetto Pride joined efforts to increase recycling at home football games, and they scored big. Nearly 6,000 pounds of aluminum, plastic, glass and cardboard were recycled from the Clemson-FSU game representing a nearly-12 percent recycling rate. The goal is to increase game-day recycling from 1 percent last season to 18 percent to match the overall campus recycling rate.
Students Recycle Their Cardboard Boxes
August 27, 2007
What happens to the cardboard boxes that students use to move into their rooms - they recycle them, of course!
During the week of move-in, Clemson students recycled over 28,000 pounds of cardboard - a record amount.
New Recycling Procedure
July 25, 2007
For many university buildings, a portion of the procedure for recycling pick up has changed.
The building custodial staff is responsible for collecting and bagging recycled material each Tuesday morning for a curb-side pickup. Many buildings have more than one pickup each week. For example, Cooper Library is normally serviced 4 times per week. The Tuesday morning collection is one of the four weekly pickups, but typically the only pickup in which the custodial staff is involved.
NOTE: for secured documents, you must call 656-2040 to schedule pickup. Secured documents will NOT be recycled or picked up at the curb side.
Clemson Gets New Mats
June 15, 2007
Custodial services recently purchased and placed 1,400 new entryway interior and exterior floor mats across campus. The new mats reduce particulate matter and keep our buildings cleaner.
Zone 3 to Go Green
May 28, 2007
Next week, another custodial zone will officially change their entire process to a more environmentally-friendly one. Zone 3, which includes more than 15 on-campus academic and administrative buildings, will trade in their chemical inventory for green cleaners and microfiber cloths. The green cleaning process is proven to be more healthy for building occupants. All on-campus buildings will be using the green cleaning method by the end of the summer.
Students Lighten Their Load
May 11, 2007
One student's trash is another person's treasure. Students who live on campus donated 16,000 pounds of non-perishable food, clothing and linens, small appliances and loft lumber to the Lighten Your Load program. This program collects unwanted items at the end of the spring semester and distributes them to charities such as the Salvation Army and Camp Salkehatchie.
RecycleMania: Final Results
April 16, 2007
201 schools. 10 weeks. 41.3 million pounds recycled.
As the buzzer sounded on the competition, Clemson's score is 13.53 percent of trash recycled, or 15.93 pounds recycled per person on campus, or 222,952 total pounds! The winning school for the overall competition is Cal State San Marcos with a campus recycling rate of nearly 60 percent. Wow - we have a lot of catching up to do for next year! Get into the habit of recycling - it's easy.