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(02/23/22 9:23pm)
The Rethink Waste Office opened the doors of its new location to the University of Richmond community on Jan. 28. The office incorporated the UR office-supply exchange program, which was the previous office supply exchange on campus, into its Spider Exchange program.
(03/03/17 7:35pm)
The Office of Sustainability has created a simple, transparent way for students to keep track of the university’s progress on sustainability-related initiatives and its plans for the future, as well as areas where improvement is needed.
(03/11/14 6:37pm)
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2009 an estimated 438 million electronic products were sold in the United States alone -- a two-fold increase since 1997 -- which has led to annual increases in electronic waste. Through its annual electronic waste-recycling event, held this year on Thursday, March 6 in lot B5, the University of Richmond has continued its commitment to lowering the number of electronics that end up as waste.
(09/13/13 7:34pm)
The Office of Sustainability has initiated a program that selects an Eco-Rep for each residence hall in an effort to
(02/28/13 6:11am)
Students, faculty and members of the Richmond community will be able to recycle their electronic waste responsibly at the University of Richmond-sponsored RecycleMania this Friday.
(02/13/13 4:24am)
The spring 2013 Eco-Olympics, a dynamic sustainability initiative designed to reduce both energy consumption and waste production on campus, began at the University of Richmond Monday, Feb. 3.
(03/23/12 11:40pm)
Student volunteers sorted through one day's worth of trash from Lora Robins Court as part of a waste audit held in the University of Richmond Forum on March 22. The waste audit was a part of RecycleMania, a campus-wide effort to help raise awareness about sustainability. According to Megan Zanella-Litke, University of Richmond sustainability coordinator, 20 percent of the sorted trash could have been recycled.
(12/11/11 7:19pm)
'Red Solo Cup, I fill you up. Let's have a party, let's have a party!'
(09/22/11 8:14am)
The University of Richmond has joined the efforts to "Go Green" by promoting sustainability through various conservation programs, student groups and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified architecture.
(09/22/11 5:23am)
It only looked like the Forum was taken over by spacemen in white jumpsuits midday Wednesday. Instead, it was the site of a waste audit done by members of Green-UR, an environmental group on campus.
(04/22/10 2:14am)
Ed Jones, a recycling associate at the University of Richmond, works on a daily timetable to finish his work, making sure contents of all recycling stations on campus have been collected. He drives a white Ford truck that connects to a black metal-grated trailer with wheels that screech slightly with every brake. Jones honks at every familiar passerby with two honks of the horn and a wave.