Waste Reduction
Part of living a sustainable lifestyle involves learning how to consume less, produce less waste, and conserve resources as much as possible. There are a variety of ways in which we can accomplish this in our everyday lives. One third of household waste is organic material, which can be composted in your own backyard to reduce the rapidly growing landfills and to provide beautiful soil for your garden. If everyone in the United States used one less disposable cup per day, we would keep over a hundred million pounds of trash out of the landfills each year.
At CCAT, we reduce the amount of waste we produce by composting kitchen scraps, recycling materials, re-using water, and composting human waste. We are also conscious of the amount of resources we use and try not to let things go to waste. Some of the ways we do this include reusing plastic bags, printing on the backside of once-used paper, reusing plastic containers, purchasing products with less packaging, buying food and cleaning supplies in bulk, using cloth towels instead of paper towels, and using mugs instead of disposable paper cups. In these ways, CCAT serves as an example of how easy it can be to lessen our impact on the environment.
Backyard Composting
The Way of the Compost
By Ralph T. Lampman
Composting Toilet
CCAT's Composting Toilet
By Brian Hodgson and Lia Webb
Vermiculture
The Vermicomposter a.k.a. Worm Wig-Wam
By Aaron Waxman (Spring 2002)
Vermiculture at CCAT
Unknown Student Author
Recycling
Campus Recycling Center
Recycling at CCAT
Unknown Student Author
Recycling Tires
By Desideria Ramirez
Remember the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
By Jennifer Ball (Spring 2002)
Waste Reduction
Sarah Hall (Spring 2002)
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