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As Off-Campus Recycling Starts, ISU’s New Sustainability Chief Plots Next Moves
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:05:17
Publish Date: 2019-07-31 13:04:09
Description: Starting Thursday, Illinois State University students living in off-campus apartments will have access to recycling as a new Town of Normal ordinance goes into effect. With that longtime priority off the to-do list, ISU’s new Office of Sustainability program director Elisabeth Reed is planning for the future. She started the new job this summer after serving on the faculty in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. That’s where she led her own sustainability initiatives, such as the Fix-it Friday program , where students provide free basic sewing and clothing repair services on campus and in the community. Reed also helped form a committee to certify ISU as a Fair Trade University through Fair Trade Campaign USA. High on her list of priorities is adding to ISU’s existing composting efforts. ISU now sends its food waste from dining centers to the Better Earth composting facility outside Peoria. “I'm hearing from a lot of students that they would like to have compost in other
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