Karen Marchegiani and Ildiko Bodor behind the counter at Eco Café In recent months many students have approached Dining Services and the Zilkha Center asking about the possibility of starting a composting program at Eco Café. Over Winter Study the possibility was first seriously discussed at a Waste &… Continue reading »
Most people feel have strong feelings about worms. Variations on Yuck! is what I hear most from people (or get the hint from their body language) closely followed by Cool! Then comes those who are intrigued, though still not sure, and tip-toe towards our office’s worm composting bin with their heads… Continue reading »
Kelly Chen ’17 reaches for a new bag What’s in your trash? Volunteers gathered at Lambert Garage on January 12th to find out! Working with Facilities and Zilkha Center staff, students sorted through a cross-section of Williams trash: Three bags from each trash room of sixteen residence halls, academic… Continue reading »
As part of her coursework for Professor Joel Lee’s anthropology class titled “Trash,” Sumun Iyer ’18 delved deep into fieldwork that a more squeamish student might have avoided: She (literally) got her hands dirty in the world of trash and recycling collection. To conduct ethnographic research about how workers… Continue reading »
Haley Bosse ’20’s focus on post-consumer food waste as an Eco-Advisor has inspired her to initiate several projects that reduce waste through behavioral change. She recently restarted the Zilkha Center’s Compost Greeters program, which she has rebranded as Compost Friends. Greeters first helped students navigate food disposal at all… Continue reading »
Ayami offers guidance in the Mission Park Dining Hall clearing station Over the summer, a subcommittee of the Waste & Recycling Working Group met to focus on how to improve composting in dining halls. The subcommittee included Gayle Donohue, Assistant Director of Student Dining, the dining hall unit managers, a… Continue reading »
Cross Country runner Eliza Matt stands next to one of the new locker room recycling bins by Hadley Desmules ’16, SAAC Co-president & Waste & Recycling Working Group member Recycling Bins in Locker Rooms The Zilkha Center and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) have been working together with… Continue reading »
What’s recyclable on campus? What isn’t? How do I safely dispose of things like batteries and cell phones? Answers to all these questions are on the comprehensive, updated campus Recycling Guide. CAMPUS RECYCLING GUIDE Signage Click here to view and download the… Continue reading »
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