Updated on 8/28/09

2010 Matriculation Luncheon, First Night, Food Fair and move-in cardboard box recycling

Composting

Tufts Dining, The Facilities Department and the Office of Sustainability, in coordination with the Orientation Committee have worked together to design the orientation lunch and First Night meals to be low in waste generation and to be compost friendly (i.e., no plastic films to contaminate the compost). Click here to learn more about composting at Tufts.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! With just a few hours of your time, YOU can help make this year's matricultion zero waste efforts successful. Please give us a hand! Last year was the first time food waste was composted during freshman orientation. Read about one intern's take on the mixed results here.

If you would like to help us, please choose a shift(s) and click on the link to the sign-up page where you can sign-up. Please remember to put in your full name and email. We need many people so please consider getting your friends involved! The table below lists the shifts we need to fill and describes the type of work to be done.

FOOD SERVICE/COMPOSTING VOLUNTEERS
Shift	Position	Date & Shift Time	Sign Up Link	Basic Volunteer Responsibilities
1	Breakfast Station Monitoring	9/1/10 830am-11am	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/2010152	Changing bags and ensuring the recycling stations are intact.
2	Zero Waste Station Set-Up	9/1/10 10am-12pm	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/2010152	Setting up signs and bins
3	Lunch Waste Monitoring & Communication	9/1/10 12pm-2pm	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/2010152	Explaining the sorting stations to guests. Changing bags and ensuring the recycling stations are intact. Intercepting contamination.
4	Recycling Assistant to the Dining staff	9/1/10 1:00-2:30pm (or when job is complete)	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/2010152	Assisting with recycling during clean-up of the serving areas. Removing plastic wrap from boxes, recycling plastics, composting, etc.
5	Matriculation Recycling Monitoring, Compost Regulator and lunch Clean-up	9/1/10 2pm-3pm	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/2010152	Changing bags during matriculation ceremony. Rearranging stations for the dinner, tallying up the total volume of recyclables & compostables. Removing contaminants from the composting to ensure that the material will not be rejected by the recycling company.
6	First Night Zero Waste Team	6:15pm to close	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/first47	A little bit of everything listed above!
Cardboard Box Dorm Storm
Shift	Position	Date & Shift Time	Sign Up Link	Basic Volunteer Responsibilities
7	Box recycling in dorms	9/1/10 11:00-1:00	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/general4	Go through large dorms and direct students and parents to recycle boxes by not filling them with trash, plastic bags or Styrofoam. Assist project by cleaning out boxes in common areas.
8	Box recycling in dorms	9/1/10 1:30-3:30	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/general4	Go through large dorms and direct students and parents to recycle boxes by not filling them with trash, plastic bags or Styrofoam. Assist project by cleaning out boxes in common areas.
9	Box recycling in dorms	9/1/10 3:30-5:30	http://www.signupgenius.com/go/general4	Go through large dorms and direct students and parents to recycle boxes by not filling them with trash, plastic bags or Styrofoam. Assist project by cleaning out boxes in common areas.

 

 

 

 

 

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