http://www.reportermag.com/ http://www.reportermag.com/http://www.reportermag.com/images/logo_small.jpg Tag: Recycling from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/123 New bio-plastic cups and plates are not being recycled by RIT Dining Services, but instead thrown out. On March 10th, 2008, the RITz Sports Zone began introducing special tableware products made from compostable material. This introduction was to act as a pilot program to facilitate the reduction of the amount of waste generated by on-campus dining facilities. After use, the compostable product would be sold to Freshwise Farms, a local organic grower, to help defray RIT's additional... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/123 http://www.reportermag.com/article/98 Last week, RIT completed RecycleMania, a ten-week national competitive recycling event which has been taking place since 2001. This was the first time RIT took part in the competition, due to Recycling Administrator Tyler Stewart's initiative. Having started between Ohio and Miami Universities in 2001, the number of universities participating has been increasing exponentially every year, with this year's competition including 400 colleges across the nation. There are four primary... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/98