Campus Sustainability News
News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.
Cornell’s Procurement and Payment Services is advancing the capacity for users on campus and central administrators to track sustainable purchases from different types of organizations. The new tracking efforts will help demonstrate the percentage of funds spent supporting sustainable business.
Only #1, #2, #5 plastics can be recycled on campus. Share these posters to spread the word.
Cornell Chronicle | Blaine Friedlander, May 17, 2018
Cornell scientists will explore turning trash into treasure as Cornell’s new pyrolysis kiln – the largest research kiln of its kind at a U.S. university – will help scientists explore the potential for carbon-negative energy production, producing new biomaterials and creating Earth-friendly biochar.
Enjoy fresh farm food while helping out your local farmers!
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | April 22, 2018
RecycleMania 2018 was a huge success!
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Spring 2018
Drop off your snack wrappers, toothbrushes, and more for recycling!
Cornell Daily Sun | Maryam Zafar, February 2, 2018
Cornell will “go green” for the eighth year in a row during RecycleMania.
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Summer 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Chronicle | Stephen D'Angelo, April 19, 2017
A multidisciplinary Cornell design and research team, assembled to tackle the environmental problem of post-consumer textile waste, has developed a unique fabric-shredding machine in hopes of a zero-waste solution for the textile industry.