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Waste Reduction

The Evergreen State College is taking steps, large and small, to minimize landfill waste. Through our composting and recycling programs, and student run programs like the Free Store, our campus is moving towards a zero waste philosophy by 2020.

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To learn more about Recycling and Composting at Evergreen, how to participate and how it happens, visit a link below:

Resources: 

Downloadable Resouces

Trash Bash & Campus Waste Audit (pdf)
Master Recycle Sign (pdf)
Single Stream Recycle Sign (pdf)
Cardboard Recycle Sign (pdf)
Glass Recycle Sign (pdf)
RAD Compost Sign (pdf) 

Web Resources 

On-Campus
RecycleMania
TESC Recycling Services

Regional
Silver Springs Organics: Commercial Composting Facility
Thurston County HazoHouse - explains where and how to recycle toxic materials in Thurston County
Green Disk - Technotrash Can Information
Recycling/Composting
Earth 911: About Recycling: FAQ's, Videos & more
Grass Roots Recycling Network
Eco-Cycle
Recycling Super Guide
4 2 Explore: Recycling Resources Website
Wasted Food: A blog by author writing a book about wasted food
BioCycle Magazine Online: Compost & Recycling Science since 1960 
E-Waste
Basal Action Network
General Waste
EPA Municiple Solid Waste; 2007 Municipal Solid Waste Report (pdf)
EPA Composting
Zero Waste Alliance
Zero Waste America
Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment
Center for EcoLiteracy - Systems Thinking Page
EIO-LCA: Free, Fast Easy Life Cycle Assessment

Books & Videos

"Waste and Want" by Susan Strasser
"Cradle to Cradle" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
"The Story of Stuff" video by Annie Leonard
60 minutes Video "The Electronic Wasteland"