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Jennifer Santoro '11

Hamilton Environmental Action Group

The Hamilton Environmental Group, HEAG, is a student-run environmental advocacy group. We hold weekly meetings to discuss and solve environmental issues. Our mission is to inspire Hamilton to become a green campus – a campus that uses sustainable energy, recycles, and is aware of its environmental impact.

Our major plans for the Fall 2008 semester are:

to organize Green Week
to create a dorm energy competition, based on Hamilton's energy dashboard
to support composting

Green Week will be held from September 29 - October 3, 2008. Check back soon for more information on Green Week activities.

Weekly meetings are held at 7:30pm in the Glen House. For more information about HEAG, email heag@hamilton.edu.

FACT:

Hamilton pays $72.15 for every ton of garbage we produce in the community, but disposing of recyclables is free. Please reduce, reuse, and recycle whenever possible!

UPDATE:

Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has recently changed its recycling guidelines and no longer accepts plastic #6, which includes Styrofoam containers, Solo cups, most plastic cups, and Opus cups.

TIPS:

The container group includes plastics #1-5 (look on the bottom of most containers for the recycling symbol).
Cups from McEwen and the Diner are not recyclable! Commons cups (only the ones that have "Bon Appetit" on the side) are recyclable if they are rinsed out.
Use the blue bin in your room or office to make recycling easier.
Use a travel mug or water bottle instead of paper cups.