Sustainability

Always check to see if your products are recyclable. Don’t forget about items like shampoo bottles, egg cartons and more. Recycling information is usually available right on the bottom of product packaging. Like "Elon Sustainability" on Facebook for more information!

The Office of Sustainability presents the GREEN TIP of the week: Reducing shower time by just two minutes will save both CO2 emissions and decrease water usage.

Elon University has collected more than 30,000 pounds of material in the first four weeks of the national RecycleMania 2011 contest and is currently in 11th place in North Carolina for the total amount saved from landfills.

The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition is now entering its final stretch, and results are in for the first three weeks of the four-week competition. Elon has posted a 6.2 percent energy reduction to date in the competition with the goal of reaching a 10 percent overall decrease.

The spring 2011 POWERless Energy Competition has reached its halfway point with results now in for the first two weeks of the four-week competition. A cumulative campus-wide energy reduction stands at 6.5 percent, with the ultimate goal of a 10 percent decrease in energy use.

Elon University has collected more than 23,000 pounds of material in the first three weeks of the national RecycleMania 2011 contest and is currently in 10th place in North Carolina for the total amount saved from landfills.

Results are in from Week #1 of this spring’s four-week POWERless Energy Competition. Residence halls on campus have a combined energy reduction of 7.9 percent.

Elon University’s 5th POWERless Energy Competition begins this week for residence halls across campus to reduce their electricity use over the four-week contest. The official competition kick off will take place at College Coffee on Feb. 15 with energy saving tips, trivia questions, free CFLs and other giveaways.

Elon University senior environmental studies major Sam Shoge received a statewide award for innovative undergraduate research using Geographic Information Systems at the 2011 North Carolina GIS conference held this month at the Raleigh Convention Center.