Recycling Task Force Begins to Can the Can

February 17, 2009  The Recycling Task Force replaced the waste baskets in Spencer House on Feb. 13, making it the first Hamilton building that "Canned the Can."  Can the Can is a waste reduction program where office waste is targeted for recycling by reducing the waste basket or eliminating it from the office work station. Ninety-five percent of office waste is white paper, which should be recycled, and often a large waste basket is unnecessary. More ...

Cram & Scram Furniture Sale and Plant Sale Are August 26 and 27

Items Were Collected at End of Semester by Recycling Task Force

August 25, 2008  Those who were on campus last semester will most likely remember the end-of-year "Ham's Cram & Scram," where students from the Recycling Task Force collected recyclable/reusable items from residence halls. Now the fruits of the volunteers' labor will be for sale at the Cram & Scram tent sale on Aug. 26 and 27. More ...

Hamilton Hustles to Recycle

May 20, 2008  Hamilton College is conducting its first "Ham's Cram & Scram" from May 14-24. The project is designed to reduce the College's end-of-year waste by recycling and reusing items that would typically be thrown out at the end of the academic year. More ...

Hamilton Participates in RecycleMania! Again

Hopes to Improve on Last Year's 34th Place Finish

February 1, 2007 

Hamilton College will participate for a third time in RecycleMania!, taking place this year from January 28 through April 27.  Hamilton is among 201 colleges and universities in 43 states participating this year. The intercollegiate recycling contest is supported by the Environmental Protection Agency’s WasteWise program, which is designed not only to encourage recycling, but to increase awareness of every student’s individual impact on the environment.

RecycleMania Encourages Conservation on Hamilton Campus

Hamilton Challenges New England Colleges to Compete

February 1, 2006  It may be the middle of winter in Central New York, but the Hamilton College community is thinking 'Green.' RecycleMania, the annual 10-week recycling competition among colleges and universities across the United States, began Jan. 29. This event is organized and operated by campus recycling coordinators and supported by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WasteWise program. More ...

Hamilton Receives Recycling Champion Award

61 Percent of the Waste Stream Being Recycled

November 16, 2004  Hamilton College has been awarded the 2004 Recycling Champion's Award by the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority. Terry Hawkridge, assistant director, grounds, horticulture and arboretum, accepted the award on behalf of the College on Monday, Nov. 15, at the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority board of directors' meeting in Utica. More ...

Dave Lupinski Talks About Recycling In Oneida-Herkimer

Director of Local Recycling Speaks as Part of HEAG's Green Week

October 20, 2004 

Dave Lupinski, director of recycling for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, spoke to students on Oct. 19 about the two-county region's recycling program, as well as recycling efforts at Hamilton.

Why Recycle?

Hamilton College Improves Recycling Efforts

May 1, 2002  There could easily be 150 tons/year of the paper group; junk mail, copy paper, computer paper, magazines, newspapers and corrugated cardboard, not being collected for recycling at Hamilton College. More ...