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"Give and Go Green" Residential Hall Clean Out |
Annual year end residence hall clean out and donation drive. Collected clothing, house wares and food are donated to local charities. |
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Academic Electronic Tools |
Temple's academic offices and departments have also been converting to electronic media. For example, many instructors now post their syllabi and course packets exclusively on blackboard. Also, the registrar no longer publishes a paper course guidebook. This spring, Dr. Rosan partnered with a PhD student in the department of Geography and Urban Studies to pilot a paperless class. |
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Default Duplexing |
Duplexing is the default setting for printers in the Tech Center. This reduces the amount of used paper generated. |
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Digital Archiving |
Some departments on campus have begun to digitally archive their material rather than printing and copying a hard copy. |
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Food Waste |
Pre- and post-consumer food waste from Johnson and Hardwick dining hall and pre-consumer food waste from Howard Gittis Student Center is collected for composting. |
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Furniture Surplus |
University departments give their surplus to the Office of Facilities Management. This surplus furniture is made available to other departments on campus as an alternative to purchasing new furniture. This is both a recycling and waste minimization program. |
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Housing Electronic Forms |
University Housing and Residential Life have made the switch to electronic forms for registering for a room, checking out of a room and processing damaging claims. |
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Office Supply Swap |
The Computer Recycling Center accepts donations of unwanted office supplies and makes them available at no cost to other departments and students on campus through Swap Tables and the Swap Room located in the TECH Center. The CRC was able to rescue multiple pallets of office supplies from the USB building before it was demolished. |
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Partnership with Better World Books |
Collection boxes for book donations are located throughout campus. The books are donated to a Better World Books. |
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Podiatric Medicine Clinical Equipment Donations |
The School of Podiatric Medicine makes clinical equipment available to its alumni when the school no longer wishes to retain it. |
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Reduced Student Printing Allocation |
Students have a reduced budget for printing in the Tech Center on campus. This reduces the amount of paper generated. |
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Refill Discounts |
Sodexo offers discounted coffee refills at all of its locations on campus to those who bring a reusable coffee mug. |
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Rent a Crate |
In Fall 2008, Temple University piloted Rentacrate products for selected student Residence Hall move-ins with great success. Rentacrate supplies durable plastic containers for moves, offering a sustainable alternative to throw-away cardboard boxes. Rentacrate bins can be used for dormitory move-ins and also by university offices for small or large moves. |
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Staples Reusable Delivery Boxes |
Staples and Alpha have developed a program in partnership with Temple University where ordered office supplies are delivered in reusable boxes and returned back to Alpha. The program is estimated to remove 16,000 boxes or 12.8 tons of cardboard from the waste stream per year. |
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Water Bottle Filling Station |
Though not specifically related to water conservation, the installation of water bottle filling stations at Temple has proven to be a popular addition to the campuses. As of May 2012, over 100 water bottle filling stations have been installed throughout Temple campuses, providing cool, filtered water to the Temple community. Most water bottle filling stations have a counter located on them to track how many bottles were diverted from the waste stream through the use of the station. On average, the ticker counts a bottle saved for every 12 ounces of water dispersed. Positive information concerning the purity of Philadelphia’s water and the waste minimization effects of using reusable bottles rather than single- use plastic bottles are touted. |
