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News: Goals - Achieve Zero Waste

  • Campus Race to Zero Waste Kicks Off

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | February 7, 2023
    Campus Race to Zero Waste has officially started! For the next eight weeks, Ohio State will be competing against other universities across the country to determine who has the highest landfill diversion rate! Students, faculty and staff are asked to participate by recycling more, recycling right and composting. Ohio State achieved a record-high landfill diversion rate of 40% this year. While w...
    Race to Zero Waste Podcast

  • In the News: Residence Hall Compost Program Helps Ohio State Reach 2025 Zero Waste Goal

    October 10, 2022
    The Lantern recently highlighted the unviersity's compost program expansion to students living in residence Halls. Molly Kathleen, zero waste coordinator in Facilities Operations and Development discussed the zero waste goal and ways that composting helps create a more sustainable campus."Composting will definitely make a big difference on campus and making progress toward the waste diversion goa...
    Compost bin and flyer

  • In the News: Composting Programs Expanding at Ohio State

    September 28, 2022
    The expansion of the university composting program was recently spotlighted by Ohio State News. “Ohio State is leading the region on this,” said FOD’s Mary Leciejewski. More than 1,000 Buckeyes have signed up to participate in a new program that has already diverted more than 114 tons of food waste from landfills since July and sparked new ideas from students in the classroom.Read Full Article....
    Students and leaders in class about composting

  • In the News: Aparna Dial on Protecting People and the Environment

    April 20, 2021
    Aparna Dial approaches sustainability with a view through three lenses: She immigrated to the United States from India. She’s a woman in a male-dominated field. And she’s been an eyewitness to the ways environmental impacts do not affect everyone equally.That perspective leads her to propel discussion and action when it comes to issues such as the inequities of environmental impacts and the barri...
    Aparna Dial

  • New Sustainable Design and Construction Policy

    January 31, 2021
    The Ohio State University adopted a new Sustainable Design and Construction policy (formerly Green Build and Energy policy), effective February 1, 2021. “This is an exciting development for the future of our campus,” said Aparna Dial, Senior Director, Sustainability and Strategic Services, Facilities Operations and Development. “By establishing an Ohio State-centric set of sustainability stand...

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