Penn State is gearing up for a huge Trash to Treasure event on Saturday, June 2. Due to an overabundance of rug donations this year, the sale committee is making a special request for extra volunteers to roll rugs. This will be a special opportunity for a few hours on the morning of May 19. Interested volunteers should arrive between 9 a.m. and noon at Gate C at Beaver Stadium on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
On May 4, there will be a convenient on-campus location to drop off old electronic equipment for it to be safely and securely recycled. Electronic Recycling Day, hosted by Keystone State Auctioneers and Penn State Lion Surplus, will be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 4 at the Lion Surplus Building on Services Road on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
After a year away from its home, the University's biggest town-gown recycling effort returns to Beaver Stadium to hold its award-winning spring sale. Each year, Trash to Treasure raises approximately $50,000 for the Centre County United Way and saves more than 60 tons of usable goods from the landfill.
This year's event begins with an early bird sale at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2 at Beaver Stadium (Gate B) on the University Park campus. The regular sale starts at 9 a.m. (more)
Penn State faculty, staff and students can sign up to help organize this year's Trash to Treasure spring sale on the University Park campus. Beginning on Wednesday, May 9, many flexible shifts will be available. No previous experience is necessary and volunteers can receive a coupon that can be used to purchase items on sale day. It's fun and helps out a great cause.
Trash to Treasure is Penn State's biggest town-gown recycling effort. Annually, the program raises approximately $50,000 for the Centre County United Way and saves more than 60 tons of usable goods from the landfill. Beginning the week before finals, collection bins will be placed in residence hall lobbies to collect student donations. (more)
The Student United Way is sponsoring the winter Trash to Treasure sale. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, in 108 Fisher Hall (East Halls) on the University Park campus of Penn State. The sale is open to the public. Admission is free. Parking is available in the East Parking Deck on Bigler Road. (more)
The Office of Physical Plant and Housing have worked together on recycling efforts before. But in their quest for "zero waste," one group in particular needed to be included -- students. Starting this semester, Runkle Hall in North Halls is venturing to become zero waste, a goal of reducing trash output to zero -- or to as close to zero as possible. (more)
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center is in the process of becoming a zero-waste facility. Trash cans are gone along with the dumpster and employees have created an elaborate system of recycling and composting bins to use instead. "We're shooting for zero; a true zero," said Mark McLaughlin, director of Shaver's Creek Environmental Center. "We don't want things that we have at Shaver's Creek ending up in a dumpster or landfill somewhere." (more)
Students at Penn State campuses are familiar with how vending machines work. They've been using them for their entire lives. But what about reverse vending machines?
Penn State, PepsiCo and Waste Management have teamed up to create a convenient and easy way to recycle plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has two Dream Machines headed its way; students will be able to drop their used bottles and cans into the machines, which will be located in two high-traffic areas on campus. (more)
It's often said that on game day, Penn State's Beaver Stadium becomes the third-largest "city" in Pennsylvania. Each home football game attracts more than 200,000 tailgaters, spread across 110 acres of University fields, generating 50 to 100 tons of waste. Instead of sending all that waste to local landfills after every home game, Penn State encourages fans to recycle. By strategically placing more than 290 recycling carts throughout tailgating areas and recycling more than 85 tons of waste each football season, Penn State also raises money for the Centre County United Way. (more)
