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Residents participate in Circles Apartments composting program organized by Ithaca College Eco-Reps in collaboration with the Office of Residential Life.

Eco-Reps works to expand and strengthen composting program

By Emma Kersting, Staff Writer • November 30, 2022
Ithaca College Eco-Reps continue collaborating with the Office of Residential Life on the Circles Apartments composting program.
From left to right, David Harker, director of the Center for Civic Engagement, senior Kelly Warren and Scott Doyle, director for the Office of Energy Management and Sustainability, plan to increase Eco-Reps involvement with the campus and broader Ithaca community in 2022.

Eco-Reps plan for major outreach after a year of struggles

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Staff Writer • August 31, 2022
In recent years, IC Eco-Reps was forced to scale back as reduced funding and staff cutbacks left the program without staff to advocate for the students.
Senior Josh Enderle, program manager of Eco-Reps, said he hopes the college community gains a lasting culture of recycling and composting from participating in Recyclemania.

Ithaca College to participate in nationwide recycling contest

By Sophie Johnson, Assistant News Editor • February 1, 2017
This will be the college’s 12th year participating in Recyclemania, a competition encouraging schools to reduce waste on their campuses.
Each Sunday a composting bin will be located at the Circle Apartments community building for two hours, said senior Ben Tolles, sustainability project assistant of the Eco-Reps.

Ithaca College Eco-Reps pilot new Circles composting program

By Kyle Arnold, Staff Writer • November 17, 2015
The IC Eco-Reps are partnering with the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division to unveil a new composting site at the Ithaca College Circle Apartments, where there currently exists no composting program.
See a tour of the composting facility at Cayuga Compost, and learn more about what happens to garbage after you throw it out.

Contributing to Compost

By Brendan Davis • April 3, 2014
See a tour of the composting facility at Cayuga Compost, and learn more about what happens to garbage after you throw it out.
From left, Mark Darling, sustainability programs coordinator, Jason Hamilton, chair of environmental studies and science, Thomas Pfaff, associate professor of mathematics, and Aimee Dars Ellis, assistant professor of management, discuss sustainability.

Panel explores sustainability practices

By Sabrina Knight, Staff Writer • December 6, 2012
Students, faculty and members of the Ithaca community came together for "The Big Talk," to discuss ways to integrate sustainability practices into the classroom.
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