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Freecycle | February 2024

Smith Campus Center

Due to inclement weather, this event has been rescheduled from Tuesday, February 13 to Tuesday, February 20. -- Come Freecycle with us!  This popular recurring reuse event, the Freecycle, is like a yard sale where everything is free. The Freecycle promotes reuse by giving you a chance to: Donate items you no longer need and pass […]

Freecycle | April 2024

Smith Campus Center

Come Freecycle with us!  This popular recurring reuse event, the Freecycle, is like a yard sale where everything is free. The Freecycle promotes reuse by giving you a chance to: Donate items you no longer need and pass them along to someone who has a use for them And/or pick up something new-to-you that you could […]

Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

The Science Center Plaza 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, United States

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.

Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Longwood: NRB Elements Café 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, United States

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.

Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Longwood: Rosenau Atrium by Sebastian's Café at SPH Kresge 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, United States

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.

Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

The Science Center Plaza 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, United States

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.

Event Series Freecycle Events

Freecycle at Smith Campus Center

Smith Campus Center

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.

Talking Trash with the Food Literacy Project

Smith Campus Center

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!

Event Series Freecycle Events

Freecycle at Smith Campus Center

Smith Campus Center

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.