Waste Week 2023
Waste Week Invites Ramblers to Cut Trash Production
Waste Week engages the Loyola community in efforts to generate less waste.
Story by Jorge Haddad
Waste production is one of the world’s most significant environmental issues, and the problem is particularly extreme in the United States. The US generates more waste than any other nation in the world. On average, each American disposes of around 1,800 pounds annually, but large companies and institutions still generate the majority of waste disposed of nationwide. To tackle this problem, Loyola University Chicago has taken matters into its own hands. The University recycles over 500 tons of waste and diverts 200 tons of organic materials through composting annually. These efforts are part of Loyola’s broader efforts to reduce the University’s environmental footprint.
Waste management and other issues related to sustainability are becoming increasingly important to uncover, discuss, and tackle. To engage the campus community in these efforts, the Office of Sustainability hosts various events highlighting waste, water, transportation, energy, and food.
This year, February 20 to 24 is Waste Week at Loyola, an event focused on educating students from all campuses about waste and materials management. Throughout the week, students will participate in various seminars and interactive activities to learn how they can reduce their personal waste footprints, as well as discuss what Loyola is doing as an institution. Activities include a clothing swap, three different wipe-out waste challenges, and a special screening of the documentary film “Going Circular.” The film explores solutions for creating a circular economy, and the screening is a pre-festival event taking place as a part of the One Earth Film Festival. View the trailor and reserve your tickets for the screening here.
The week will also feature a discussion of waste in Chicago with Carter O’Brien, assistant commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, and a seminar with Dr. Abigail Derby Lewis of the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum.
Join us during Waste Week 2023, and don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about waste management and what you can do to make Loyola and the world less wasteful.
Story by Jorge Haddad
Waste production is one of the world’s most significant environmental issues, and the problem is particularly extreme in the United States. The US generates more waste than any other nation in the world. On average, each American disposes of around 1,800 pounds annually, but large companies and institutions still generate the majority of waste disposed of nationwide. To tackle this problem, Loyola University Chicago has taken matters into its own hands. The University recycles over 500 tons of waste and diverts 200 tons of organic materials through composting annually. These efforts are part of Loyola’s broader efforts to reduce the University’s environmental footprint.
Waste management and other issues related to sustainability are becoming increasingly important to uncover, discuss, and tackle. To engage the campus community in these efforts, the Office of Sustainability hosts various events highlighting waste, water, transportation, energy, and food.
This year, February 20 to 24 is Waste Week at Loyola, an event focused on educating students from all campuses about waste and materials management. Throughout the week, students will participate in various seminars and interactive activities to learn how they can reduce their personal waste footprints, as well as discuss what Loyola is doing as an institution. Activities include a clothing swap, three different wipe-out waste challenges, and a special screening of the documentary film “Going Circular.” The film explores solutions for creating a circular economy, and the screening is a pre-festival event taking place as a part of the One Earth Film Festival. View the trailor and reserve your tickets for the screening here.
The week will also feature a discussion of waste in Chicago with Carter O’Brien, assistant commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, and a seminar with Dr. Abigail Derby Lewis of the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum.
Join us during Waste Week 2023, and don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about waste management and what you can do to make Loyola and the world less wasteful.