Campus Sustainability News
News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.
During the month of April and beyond, choose actions that you can take in your daily life that help contribute to global sustainability and a more peaceful, just, and thriving planet. Cornell will compete as a team against other Universities in New York - it's easy to get started!
In the fifth year of the campus Residential Compost Program, participating communities helped to divert over five tons of food waste with support from over 40+ student and staff volunteers.
Checklist for quickly ramping down research activities during COVID-19 reduced research schedule.
Residents on North Campus can attend a free dinner & discussion while watching short documentaries on sustainability topics this Spring. (NOTE: The first event is still on for Sunday March 15th. Check this post or the Cornell events calendar for updates on the remaining films).
Get your game face on! It's almost time for Cornell to compete against other campuses to reduce waste, recycle more.
Tompkins County Recycling and Materials Management now charges a fee for all televisions and monitors.
Find out where you can sustainably dispose of recyclable goods, and odd items like electronics, your energy bar wrapper and much more!
Campus plastic bag recycling bins are being phased out across Cornell effective this summer, 2019. Learn why this effort is a part of a positive change in New York State recycling and single-use plastic laws.
See this year's rankings from Cornell's participation in the six week RecycleMania competition. 2019 marked the 10th year of competition with other campuses nationwide to reduce waste, increase recycling, and collect compostable and electronic recycling materials.
A new office supply re-use station has opened for employees in Facilities & Campus Services.