Waste & Recycling
America Recycles Day is November 15th
Nov. 14, 2014—November 15th is America Recycles Day! Celebrate by snapping a selfie while you recycle now until November 20th, then tag it with #RecyclingSelfie on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Instagram for a chance to receive a prize! Join us in pledging online to recycle more. Sign up with your Vanderbilt email address to pledge to: Learn-...
Another Record Year For Move In Cardboard Recycling
Sep. 17, 2014—The cardboard recycling results from Move-In 2014 make it another record year with 37.26 tons of cardboard recycled! This is a 5.31% increase over last year and a 453.64% increase since 2007! The nearly 75,000 pounds collected this year average to about 11 pounds for each of the undergraduate students at Vanderbilt. The collection of...
Help Tackle Recycling During 2014 Football Season
Aug. 25, 2014—Vanderbilt has partnered with Waste Management again to support the university’s environmental initiatives throughout campus, and Commodore fans can help protect the environment by recycling items at each home football game. The partnership is in conjunction with the continued campus-wide efforts of Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility...
Earth-friendly Move In Tips for Students
Aug. 6, 2014—Download the Move In flier here!
Vanderbilt’s waste and recycling vendor converts vehicles to compressed natural gas
Jul. 8, 2014—Vanderbilt’s waste and recycling vendor, Waste Management, has launched a new fleet of natural gas-powered trash collection vehicles in conjunction with the opening of a self-service compressed natural gas (CNG) retail fueling station in Nashville. The station will refuel Waste Management’s local fleet and sell CNG to commercial fleets as well as to retail consumers...
Trees to be relocated; recycled during construction of Engineering and Science Building
Jul. 7, 2014—[Originally published by MyVU] Signs and fencing have gone up at the corner of Highland and 25th avenues, the construction site for the new Engineering and Science Building. Additional preparation of the site will require the clearing in mid- to late-July of 66 trees so that land can be properly graded. Of that number, 42...
Improved Paper Recycling Options through Partnership with Cintas, Inc.
Jun. 27, 2014—[Originally posted by MyVUMC] Vanderbilt University and Medical Center recently renegotiated its contract with Cintas, Inc., for confidential paper recycling. The new contract will result in lower cost and improved recycling options across the entire campus. With the new Cintas contract, employees can help further reduce institutional costs by using the Cintas containers to also...
Infographic: 2014 Commencement
May. 8, 2014—[Originally posted by MyVU]
The Kefi Project is taking art to unexpected places
Apr. 23, 2014—[Originally posted by MyVU] Can art help define our public spaces? Who gets to make this art, and does it have value beyond its aesthetic appeal? These are questions senior Kion Sawney wanted to explore when he won a 2013 Creative Campus Innovation Grant to start a public art initiative at Vanderbilt. The result is...
SEMO Celebrates Earth Day with No Impact Week
Apr. 22, 2014—Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) celebrated Earth Day a little early by organizing a “No Impact Week” April 14-18 on campus. SEMO staffers converged on the Rand Wall to encourage the Vanderbilt community to improve their conservation efforts—including eating locally, conserving water and using only items that can be recycled—and then talk about...