‘An audacious goal’: UC Berkeley struggles to achieve zero waste
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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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Here’s why your compost and recycling is ending up in landfills
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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US Department of Energy honors UC Berkeley, tours Jacobs Hall
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognized UC Berkeley for leading in energy efficiency, with representatives touring the notably sustainable Jacobs Hall on Tuesday.
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ASUC Senate discusses campus waste, space for QARC, bridges
While it passed three resolutions at its weekly meeting Wednesday, the ASUC Senate spent most of the time in dialogue with members of the bridges Multicultural Resource Center and the Queer Alliance Resource Center, who packed the room in support of recent demands regarding their allocated club space on campus.
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