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MUSC's program earns top spots for paper, cardboard recycling


The campus’ efforts to recycle have made MUSC an avid competitor in RecycleMania, a national recycling competition. Joining in 2006, MUSC has earned top spots among the 514 registered institutions, placing in the top 30 schools in the recycled paper category and one of the top 25 schools for the corrugated cardboard category this year.
 
This competition is just one of the ways the Sustainability Program has reduced this campus’ “carbon footprint,” including reusing items such as office supplies and recycling as much as possible. Since its creation, the sustainability effort has worked to replace all fluorescent tubes on campus with reduced mercury lamps, install LED exit signs and convert the MUSC recycling truck to run on bio-diesel fuel made from rendered animal fat. The program has also installed a renewable-energy geothermal system in the Anderson House, which is used to reduce energy cost.
 
Recognized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control as the 2008 Outstanding University Waste Reduction and Recycling Program, Sustainability and Recycling  is blazing the trail for other universities to “go green.” The department continues to reduce MUSC’s environmental impact and promote energy efficiency.


Friday, June 26, 2009


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