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8 posts tagged "recycling"

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Changing recycling market means students, University must meet stricter standards

Liam Price | Friday, March 3, 2023

Notre Dame still recycles, but don’t try recycle your red solo cup, even if you do at home.  The campus currently recycles using a blue cart and gray toter system, introduced by the Office of Sustainability and building services in early 2022.  Single-stream recycling, in which multiple materials can be recycled in a single load,

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Observer Editorial: Dive deeper into going green

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 25, 2020

The return to our campuses came with many changes, one of the most notable being the new take out requirement at all dining halls and on-campus eateries. All food is packaged in single-use containers. All utensils are designed and distributed to be thrown away. Individually packaged bags of carrots and cling-wrapped donuts wait to be

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Office of Sustainability announces new recycling policies

Natalie Weber | Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Bowling balls. Christmas lights. Headphones. These are just a few examples of items that occasionally pass through local recycling, even though they are not recyclable, members of the Office of Sustainability said. And with new recycling requirements rolling out, the Office of Sustainability is aiming to educate students about what can and cannot be recycled.

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University administrators address recycling policies, construction in fall town halls

Natalie Weber | Thursday, September 27, 2018

In a series of town halls this week, University administrators announced changes to the structure of the First Year of Studies, discussed a new early retirement program and provided updates on new recycling standards and construction projects. In a response to a question about changes to the First Year of Studies, University provost Thomas Burish confirmed

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Natural hypocrites

Soren Hansen | Monday, April 23, 2018

Yesterday was Earth Day, as I’m sure you know, and though spring has not yet fully sprung (and thus it seems a little too chilly to spend the day outside), I’d like to focus for a moment on our natural home. In a few weeks, most of us will return to our childhood homes —

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Stop recycling so much

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 30, 2017

Being from the great city of Austin, Texas, I’ve had the rules of recycling burned into my brain by people left and right. I’m not going to lie, I’ve recycled things I should not have out of ignorance before — but, in a city that was devoted to sustainability, I have since grown out of that

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Game day program promotes recycling at tailgates

Andrea Vale | Friday, October 9, 2015

This Saturday, as fans crowd the parking lots surrounding Legends and Notre Dame Stadium for tailgates, they may encounter some environmentally conscious companions. Immediately before the home game against Navy, dozens of students will be walking through the parking lots, distributing blue recycling bags and answering questions about recycling as part of the Office of Sustainability’s

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SMC student shares the effects of sustainability

Alex Winegar | Monday, September 7, 2015

The Justice Friday series continued at Saint Mary’s on Sept. 4, with a talk on sustainability by sophomore Kristhel Torre. The discussion, titled “How SMC Students Contribute to Environmental Problems and What We Can Do About It,” focused on minimizing trash output and practicing a sustainable lifestyle. Torre said the problem resulted from an excess

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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