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Office of Sustainability Now Offers Composting Services for On-Campus Events

Office of Sustainability Now Offers Composting Services for On-Campus Events

By Alexa Hill October 14, 2023

The Georgetown Office of Sustainability, in collaboration with the Department of Planning and Facilities Management, launched a sustainable events pilot program that will provide composting and recycling...

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Is Unsustainable Without Communication

By The Editorial Board March 19, 2023

March 15, 2023 — aside from being a day of Caesarian infamy — marked one year since Georgetown University administration began meetings to strategize new long-term improvements to campus sustainability.  A...

PUKAS: Cultivate Sustainable Food Consumption

PUKAS: Cultivate Sustainable Food Consumption

By Annabelle Pukas February 19, 2021

The media often portrays climate change as an inescapable cycle of natural disasters. Intense heat waves and forest fires are followed by hurricanes, heavy rain and mudslides, which in turn are followed...

JULIA GIGANTE/THE HOYA| The composting initiative is being put through a collaboration between GREEN and Compact Cab.

New Composting Initiative Begins With 50 Student Households

By Meredith Miller September 13, 2019

Fifty Georgetown students living on and off campus began composting their residential food because of a collaboration between Compost Cab, a compost pick-up service, and the Georgetown Renewable Energy...

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Councilmember Chehs legislation seeks to incentivize home composting systems for residents as part of a local government effort to reduce food waste by as much as 80 percent.

Councilmember Proposes Composting Rebates for Residents

By Matthew Larson October 17, 2017

Washington, D.C. residents who purchase home composting systems would receive a $75 rebate from the District government under a bill Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) proposed Oct. 3. The legislation...

Hilltoss to Re-start Composting Initiative

By Sarah Fisher October 7, 2016

Students of Georgetown, Inc. is partnering with EnviRelation, Washington, D.C.’s first composting company, to resume its composting initiative at The Hilltoss this year. Set to launch on Monday, the...

Earth Day Every Day

By Editorial Board April 26, 2016

On Earth Day, April 22, Students for Georgetown, Inc. announced both its plans to compost all waste from food preparation at the Hilltoss and the launch of The Corp Sustainability Committee to further...

Don’t Let Act Go to Waste

By The Editorial Board December 4, 2012

Egg shells, coffee grinds, old newspapers, unpaid bills. These are just a few items that go into the trash cans of Georgetown apartments every morning. This waste could continue to go fill a landfill somewhere,...

Alumni Square to Test Composting in Spring

By Annie Chen December 4, 2012

The GUSA senate unanimously passed a bill Sunday to create a pilot program for voluntary composting for residents of Alumni Square. The program, set to debut in spring 2013, will provide a sealed...

Student Coalition Pushes Sustainability

By Sam Rodman October 21, 2011

As a recent university composting initiative grows, campus environmental groups are looking ahead to implement more ambitious sustainability initiatives. The collaborative effort between the Georgetown...

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