Sustainability in University Housing

Did you know...?

  • Physical Plant has exchanged 1,500 incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs in student rooms, lamps and other areas of the residence halls
  • Housekeepers have been trained in and use Green certified cleaning products
  • During the summer of 2007, Mason hallway carpet was replaced using new product containing 60-70% post-consumer materials. Old carpeting was recycled saving 742 cubic yards of waste
  • Approximately 100 cubic yards of cardboard was recycled during move-in 2007
  • Each residence hall room is equipped with an individual recycling bag to help increase recycling. Co-mingled and paper items can then be taken to one of four bins on each residence hall floor
  • Every UOAH unit is provided with a bin for collecting recyclables

 

What can you do to help?

  • Turn of the lights, tv, stereo, etc., when you leave a room
  • Unplug items when not in use
  • Do not leave water running when brushing your teeth
  • Adjust thermostats 2 degrees cooler in the winter and 2 degrees warmer in the summer
  • RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE! All residence halls have bins for paper and co-mingled items. What are co-mingled items? Examples are soda bottles, aluminum cans, anything with the recycle symbol:

For information on how your residence hall is
doing in recycling versus other residence halls, click here.

Connect to the DePauw's Sustainbility website to see
what's going on campus-wide by clicking here.