Student’s Corner
Recycling Contamination Recycling contamination is as easy as putting the wrong item in the wrong bin. Depending on your recycling facility, you may have one to multiple recycling bins, and Read More …
Tag: Waste Management
Student’s Corner
Avocado Plastic It is estimated that about 60%, or about 5 billion tonnes, of the plastic produced since the early 1950s has ended up in either a landfill or the Read More …
Virtual Landfill Tour
Friday, November 13, 3–4 p.m. (EST), on Zoom While we normally take a group of staff and students on a guided bus tour of Waste Management’s High Acres Landfill, this year Read More …
Go Green: Remembering Peter Castronovo
Last month the University unexpectedly lost a valued member after 35 years of service. Peter Castronovo, senior sanitarian for Environmental Health and Safety, will be sorely missed by many as Read More …
University Members Tour the High Acres Landfill
On November 22nd, Facilities Team Green and other members of the University toured the High Acres Landfill in Fairport. This 360-acre landfill was originally developed in 1971 and is owned Read More …