If people sit and observe the students ebbing and flowing through the never-ending Starbucks line in Payson Library, they notice how many coffee orders begin to pile up at the pick-up bar. In between unfinished readings for HUM 111 and crying through Physics homework, students grab their order and go back into the library to study. The combination of caffeination and academics … [Read more...] about Bring Sustainability to the Starbucks Coffee Scene
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The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs
Image courtesy of Pepperdine University Going green has been a national trend in the wake of climate change, but how environmentally sustainable is Pepperdine? Pepperdine’s recycling program introduced a new system in 2016 after its previous vendor, Crown Disposal, stopped its service in Malibu. Some on campus say the new system is not efficient enough to reach the … [Read more...] about The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs
Annual eWaste Drive Brings in Awareness for Electronic Recycling
Photos by Arthur Puu Pepperdine’s Center for Sustainability and Environmental Health and Safety partnered with Homeboy Industries to collect 1,476 pounds of electronic waste in its third annual campus-wide eWaste Drive. The drive was held outside the entrance to the Music Building from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants who donated their electronics received a free pastry or … [Read more...] about Annual eWaste Drive Brings in Awareness for Electronic Recycling
Center for Sustainability switches from single stream recycling
Photo by Terra Atwood Students and faculty must now sort their waste into trash and recycling bins. Pepperdine made this switch after the university began using Waste Management as their waste hauler on Aug. 15. The university used Crown Disposal since 2000 to provide single stream recycling, in which students disposed of their trash in one bin, that was later sorted off … [Read more...] about Center for Sustainability switches from single stream recycling