A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
UMW Sustainability & UMW Adopta are hosting a UMW Tree Festival on October 3rd from 3-5pm on Ball Circle!
All UMW and Fredericksburg community welcome! Join us in learning about the importance of trees, what our community is doing to protect them and our Tree Campus USA. Tables will be around Ball Circle filled with amazing local environmental organizations and UMW Clubs excited to inform the community about their mission and how you can get involved. There will also be tree climbing demos for participants to learn how to climb trees without hurting them, lead by Bartlett Tree Experts. It’s going to be fun, so mark your calendars for October 3rd!
To stay up to date on the event and learn more details check out our Facebook event page HERE .
Thank you,
UMW Sustainability & UMW Adopta
The recycling event is open to local businesses and area residents in addition to UMW faculty, staff and students. Community members may deliver their materials to the William Street parking lot on Tuesday, March 3 beginning at 10 a.m. Materials will be accepted until 1 p.m. or when shredding capacity has been reached. There is a five box limit per vehicle.
The shred event is a part of UMW’s participation in RecycleMania 2015, an annual eight-week tournament during which colleges and universities across the country compete to reduce, reuse and recycle on-campus waste. More than 390 schools will participate this year, representing 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
“You can make a difference with small actions,” said Joni Wilson, director of landscape and grounds. “The significance of waste reduction is often overlooked, but when you see statistics like ‘one-third of food produced for consumption is wasted each year,’ you see how it’s an important effort.”
UMW currently ranks sixth in the international per capita competition with 6.27 pounds of recycled material per person, placing first in Virginia for the past two years. In 2014, UMW finished fourth nationally, collecting 244,944 total pounds of recycled material that placed the school 74th out of 336 schools for the gross weight of recyclables.
For more information about the shred event and UMW’s sustainability efforts, visit sustainability.umw.edu/policies-and-practices/recycling9/recyclemania/annual-shred-event/ or contact Joni Wilson at jwilson@umw.edu.
Recycling is an essential component of UMW’s commitment to sustainability. On Tuesday, March 3, as a part of RecycleMania 2015, we will host a Community Shred Event for confidential document disposal, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., in the William Street lot. Access complete instructions and pick-up schedule at:
Important dates for UMW:
Wednesday, Feb. 25 Submit a Work Request for pick-up by 4 p.m. The Work Request must include:
Monday, March 2 Landscape and Grounds staff will provide pick-up of materials according to schedule. RM-3 Records Destruction form must be taped to materials.
Materials:Materials must be in boxes or bags, boxes will not be returned.
ACCEPTED: office paper-based material, small metal fasteners such as paperclips and staples
REMOVE: 3-ring binders, hardcover books, newspapers, magazines, plastic objects, metal objects or electronic media such as CDs and DVDs.
FREDERICKSBURG COMMUNITY:
The UMW Shred Event is open to local businesses and area residents. They may deliver their materials to the William Street lot on Tuesday, March 3. There is a 5 box limit per vehicle. Materials will be accepted between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. or the truck is full whichever occurs first.
Questions about the event can be directed to Joni Wilson, Director Landscape and Grounds at jwilson@umw.edu
The University of Mary Washington finished fourth nationally and, for the second consecutive year, placed first in Virginia in the annual RecyleMania competition. The top-10 finish came among 330 schools in the “per capita” category that measures the percentage of recyclables per person.
Students and faculty used 2-liter plastic bottles to create a community garden greenhouse. Photo courtesy of the UMW Ecology Club.
The annual eight-week RecycleMania Tournament raises awareness of the importance of recycling and waste reduction at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada with a competition based on how much recycling, trash and food waste schools collect. A total of 461 schools participated this year, representing more than 5.3 million students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
UMW also participated in the “gorilla” category, which measures the gross weight of combined recyclables, and ranked 74th out of 336 schools with 244,944 total pounds recycled.
UMW’s recycling efforts resulted in a greenhouse gas reduction of 343 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or 67 cars removed from the road, or the energy consumption of 30 households, according to UMW Director of Landscape and Grounds Joni Wilson.
“UMW students, faculty and staff should be very proud of their part,” Wilson said. “It takes a lot of work from volunteers and staff to not only collect the 244,944 pounds of recycling but to report and track the statistics as well.”
The complete results for all 11 categories can be found on http://recyclemania.org, including a breakdown of how schools performed by athletic conference, institution size and state.
Recycling is an essential component of UMW’s commitment to sustainability. On Tuesday, March 4, as a part of RecycleMania 2014, we will host a Community Shred Event for confidential document disposal, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the William Street lot. To access complete instructions and pick-up schedule, go to http://sustainability.umw.edu/initiatives/waste-reduction/recycling9/recyclemania/annual-shred-event. The date for the Shred Event has changed from March 6, which is now a UMW holiday.
Please note these important dates:
Friday, Feb. 28 A work request must be submitted by 4 p.m. and include:
Monday, March 3 Landscape and Grounds staff will pick up materials according to schedule.
RM-3 Records Destruction form must be taped to materials.
Materials must be in boxes or bags, boxes will not be returned.
Items accepted include: Office paper-based material, small metal fasteners such as paperclips and staples
Please remove 3-ring binders, hardcover books, newspapers, magazines, plastic objects, metal objects or electronic media such as CDs and DVDs.
The UMW Shred Event also is open to local businesses and area residents who may deliver their materials to the William Street lot on Tuesday, March 4. There is a 5-box limit per vehicle. Materials will be accepted between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., or until the truck is full, whichever occurs first.
If you have questions about the event, contact Joni Wilson, director of Landscape and Grounds at jwilson@umw.edu.