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The Cooperative Reuse pilot program, which aimed to eliminate illegal dumping during the student move-out process at the end of the spring 2018 semester, will be repeated this year, starting May 18.
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With the year 2020 approaching, UC Berkeley has diverted only about half the solid waste from landfills necessary to reach its zero waste by 2020 goal.
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In order for UC Berkeley to reach our zero waste by 2020 goals, these are the bold next steps our students and administration must also adopt. In fact, as an institution of higher learning and the No. 1 public university in the world, we should now go even further in leading the way to eliminating the use of single-use disposable plastics and other landfill items on campus.
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According to UC Berkeley’s recently released Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, or SEIR, the campus’ carbon emissions, waste generation and greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions continue to decrease despite the projected 33.7 percent increase in projected student enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year.
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UC Berkeley Facilities Services is hosting “Zero Waste October,” a series of events aimed at “celebrating, highlighting and achieving zero waste,” according to its website.
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We’re not angry about the news that UC Berkeley will sometimes throw the contents of compost and recycling bins into landfill dumpsters; we’re just disappointed. It’s like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real.
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Following protocol, campus custodians and groundskeepers will throw the contents of compost and recycling bins into landfill dumpsters if they feel that the bins have been “contaminated.”
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Cal Zero Waste held the Environmentally Preferred Products (EPP) Road Show, an event to promote sustainable practices in the workplace, in the VLSB courtyard on Wednesday morning.
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UC Berkeley’s Zero Waste Working Group held its final meeting for the semester Thursday, in which they provided updates on current projects and efforts to reduce waste across campus.
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