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

Items Were Collected at End of Semester by Recycling Task Force

Students browse through electronic items in the Cram & Scram tent
Students browse through electronic items in the Cram & Scram tent
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

Unopened food collected through Cram-and-Scram will be donated to Clark Mills Food Pantry.
Unopened food collected through Cram-and-Scram will be donated to Clark Mills Food Pantry.
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

Earlier this year, Trash Mountain illustrated the amount of garbage generated on campus.
Earlier this year, Trash Mountain illustrated the amount of garbage generated on campus.

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.

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RecycleMania Encourages Conservation on Hamilton Campus

Hamilton Challenges New England Colleges to Compete

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

Alisha Fowler '06, Terry Hawkridge, Ellen Horbett '06, and Ben Norland '06
Alisha Fowler '06, Terry Hawkridge, Ellen Horbett '06, and Ben Norland '06
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

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. More ...

Why Recycle?

Hamilton College Improves Recycling Efforts


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 ...

FACT:

  • Hamilton pays $72.15 for every ton of garbage we produce in the community, but disposing of recyclables is free.  Please recycle!

UPDATE:

  • Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has recently changed its recycling guidelines and no longer accepts plastic #6, which includes Styrofoam containers, Solo cups, most plastic cups, and Opus cups. 

TIPS:

  • The container group includes plastics #1-5 (look on the bottom of most containers for the recycling symbol).
  • Cups from McEwen and the Diner are not recyclable!  Commons cups (only the ones that have "Bon Appetit" on the side) are recyclable if they are rinsed out.
  • Use the blue bin in your room or office to make recycling easier.
  • Use a travel mug or water bottle instead of paper cups.