Associated Students (A.S.) is working on a new project to establish better recycling on campus. A.S. started CSUN’s recycling program in 1991 and now under the guidance of Cyndi Signett, recycling coordinator, a recycling feasibility study is being conducted. “This study was contracted for $7,500,” said Signett. “The project overall, however, will cost more than that.” The study is being conducted by many organizations, including: TerraSolutions Consulting, Laurence Kuhn, LEED AP and Tracie Onstad Bills, she said. The A.S. Recycling… Read more

A New York Times article “Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None” caught my attention recently. The article is about a new  anti-garbage movement know as Zero Waste. The article cites statistics by the Environmental Protection Agency stating Americans dump 4.6 pounds of garbage per person per day and  food waste accounts for about 13 percent of total trash nationally. All this trash eventually ends up in landfills. So to avoid making so much trash people are recycling and composting everything… Read more