Harvard's Waste Stewardship Committee is developing a university-wide Zero Waste plan and needs YOUR input! How can we better support recycling, composting, and reuse on campus? How can we buy less and buy smarter? We want to hear your ideas, priorities, and struggles! Explore our tabling dates and other ways to get involved.
Our fall Freecycle dates are official! Bring your reusable goods and browse items that others have brought. This popular event promotes reuse and functions like a yard sale, except everything is free. Here is how it works: Donate items you no longer need by dropping them off directly at the Freecycle. Pick up something new-to-you […]
Interested in where Harvard's recycling ends up? Join us for a tour of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), our recyclables' first stop on their journey to be processed into new materials! Get a firsthand look at the processes that separate paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, and metal items. You'll hear why certain contaminants are worse than others, and get to see the MRF's latest robotic sorting technologies!
The tour will be held Monday, October 21st from 10am - 12pm (includes travel time). Transportation will be provided from Harvard Square; further details provided on registration confirmation.
The tour is open to Harvard students, staff, and faculty. Advance registration is required. Space is very limited, so sign up now if you are interested! We expect spaces to fill quickly.
As part of the Food Literacy Project Speaker Series, hear from Harvard's waste experts on the basics of recycling, composting, and reusing on campus! You'll hear what belongs in each waste stream, and how recycling and compost are processed after they leave campus. Learn about waste stewardship efforts at Harvard, and how to get involved with waste reduction projects. This event is open to all Harvard ID holders. Registration is encouraged, as seating is limited. Sign up in advance!
Our fall semester Freecycle dates are official: Tuesday, Oct. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 3! Bring your reusable goods and browse items that others have brought. This popular event promotes reuse and functions like a yard sale, except everything is free.
Join us at our Freecycle in the Smith Campus Center! Drop off reusable goods you no longer need, and browse a fantastic selection of items brought by others.
Join us at our Freecycle in the Smith Campus Center! Drop off reusable goods you no longer need, and browse a fantastic selection of items brought by others.
Join us at our Freecycle in the Smith Campus Center! Drop off reusable goods you no longer need, and browse a fantastic selection of items brought by others.
Stop by the Smith Campus Center for a September Freecycle! Drop off reusable goods you no longer need, and browse a fantastic selection of items brought by others. Find some secondhand items to gift this year. Popular items include books, clothes, and working household goods.
Everyone is welcome, and no donation is necessary to shop.
Come say hi! Throughout October, Harvard's waste experts will be popping up at different campus spots to talk trash with you. Learn about what should go in each bin and how to handle your unique items like batteries and e-waste. Hear more about what the university is doing to reduce waste, and how you can be part of the solution!
Have you been holding onto a broken item in the hopes of repairing it? (Or perhaps found a nearly-working item at a Freecycle?) If so, come to our Fixit Clinic on Thursday, February 13th at the Cabot Science Library, between 12pm and 3pm. With help, you’ll disassemble your item, troubleshoot the issue, and (hopefully) repair it! Register your broken item ahead of time here.
Don’t have anything to fix but have some fixing expertise to share? Sign up to be a coach here!
Hosted by Harvard Libraries and Harvard Recycling & Waste. Contact dailey_brannin@harvard.edu with questions.
Come say hi! Throughout October, Harvard's waste experts will be popping up at different campus spots to talk trash with you. Learn about what should go in each bin and how to handle your unique items like batteries and e-waste. Hear more about what the university is doing to reduce waste, and how you can be part of the solution!
