Scrape Your Plate Day
When: Wednesday, 2/25 for Lunch and Dinner
Where: All Dining Halls on campus
- Libby
- Farrand
- Sewall
- Kittridge Commons
- Darley Commons
Who: Everyone who eats at the Dining Halls on campus
As CU Dining Services composts the food waste from the Dining Halls on a daily basis, it happens behind the scenes by the Dining Staff. Each year, over 120 TONS of compost is collected from the Dining Halls. This food waste is diverted from landfills, sent to an industrial composting facility, and then turned into nutrient rich soil that can then be used back on the campus grounds.
Scrape Your Plate is designed to raise awareness about 3 main topics:
- Composting IS happening in the Dining Halls
- Only take what you need. Reduce your food waste in the first place
- Composting can help reduce climate change: Less food waste in landfills = less methane gas in the atmosphere = less global warming = less climate change
Be ready to Scrape Your Plate at a dining hall near you!
Disposable Cup Wall
When: March 2 through March 6, all day
Where: UMC Fountain
What: Recycled Art Instillation featuring 2500 disposable cups. This is the amount of disposable cups used in the UMC in one day.
The goal of this instillation is to raise awareness around the “Disposable Mentality” that currently plagues the United States.
Remember…. YOU have the power to make change! Choose to Reuse!
Recycling X Games
When: Tuesday, March 17th from 10 to 4
Where: UMC Fountain
Who: Everyone
Ever wonder what “extreme recycling” would be like? You can find out at the Recycling X Games produced by CU Recycling...sponsors to be listed soon. Be warned though, this is not a spectator sport. You will be able to get your hands on some serious recyclables in games such as:
- The Dumpster Dive
- Phone Book Shot Put
- Get It In The Bin Obstacle Course
- Recycle Pong
- Re-Ball
- Recycled Art Competition
Along with having fun with recyclables, people will be able to win great prizes. Green Guru, the main sponsor of the Recycling X Games, will be providing the Grand Prize to the person who scores the highest in all the games. Green Guru demonstrates "Close the Loop" recycling by reusing waste materials to create stylish, functional, and practical products. Check out the Green Guru website for more info about their products and "Close the Loop" recycling.
The Grand Prize will be: The Vulcar (pictured below)
Various other prizes will be given for First and Second place of each game.
Stop by to support CU Recycling, “Close the Loop” mentality, voting with your dollar, and Recycle Mania. If you are a skilled recycler, you could walk away with some great prizes!
