Source: Boston Globe
answers a "Glad you Asked" question about recycling: "Can we put all recyclables into the blue bins in our offices?"
ED GREATOREX RETIRES from Allied Waste effective this month. Ed drove Allied's Harvard truck for eight years. We wish him a long and happy retirement chasing his grandchildren and leading his beloved Charlestown Little League. Ed, thank you for your dedicated service!
We are grateful but sad to report that Harvard Green Campus Initiative Director LEITH SHARP moves on to green other pastures! Leith was a wise, insightful, fun, musical and compassionate champion of all things green at Harvard. We will never forget her rolling up her sleeves to help Harvard FMO Recycling, literally and figuratively, on many occasions.
Ed Bettencourt to Harvard FMO Recycling and Waste Services! Ed began with us just prior to Move-In. He had worked as the "shaker" and back-up driver for the Harvard route of our trash hauler, Allied Waste Services, for four years.
SURPLUS AVAILABLE as of 10-7-08:
NEW SEPTEMBER RECORD for recycling! Thanks to the MOUNTAINS OF CARDBOARD from students moving in with their tens of thousands of boxes for computers, fans, I-Pods and ironing boards, we've been up to our ears in it. SingleStream recycling is also pumping up both our volumes and tonnages. This September, we recovered 192 tons for recycling, beating last September's total by 14%! Keep up the great work, recyclers!
President Drew Faust announces Harvard's Climate Change Commitment 10-22-08, launching a campus-wide festival of sustainable teaching, research and operations. Take the HARVARD RECYCLING WALK Thursday, 10-23-08 at 3 PM at the John Harvard statue, led by Rob Gogan. Please email to register: rob_gogan@harvard.edu. We will visit a Harvard kitchen, academic building, and dormitory to see recycling infrastructure.
In an era when we face baffling economic uncertainties, climate catastrophes and environmental injustices, WE ARE LUCKY TO ENJOY THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT FAUST at our own campus. As Harvard's primary materials management agency,
we at FMO Recycling and Waste Services pledges to do our part to reduce carbon emissions related to procurement and disposition of materials. By increasing recovery of organic refuse like food scraps and landscape waste for composting, we will reduce methane releases from the landfill. By increasing our recycling, we will conserve CO2 released by the energy-intensive production of virgin materials from mines, mills and factories. We pledge to reduce even more carbon releases by helping to recover as many surplus products, supplies and equipment for re-use as possible. Most important of all, we promise to help reduce Harvard's waste through smart procurement and partnerships with vendors. With your help, we pledge to do our part to help meet and exceed the CCC.
for Harvard Habitat for Humanity! This tally does not include proceeds from the final weeks of sales of sourcebooks or clothing. Thanks to Habitat's amazing Captain Irina Perjar and all her wonderful volunteers (Stephen, Jennifer, Lydia, Anupriya, Anu); Carolee Hill, Lester Gerry, Gail Olivier & Rick Wilkins of the Allston Development Group of Harvard Real Estate Services for lending and maintaining the magnificent warehouse; Tom Vautin, Jeffrey Smith, Jason Luke, Robert Wolfreys, Augusto Arevalo, Marie Holcombe, Desmond Callahan of University Operations Services (UOS); Merle Bicknell, Zak Gingo, Anthony Pacillo, Carina Myteveli, Jorge Teixeira, Mike Russell, Manny Casillas, Bob Byrne, Joe O'Connor, Francisco Medeiros, Scott Haywood, Paul Hegarty, Bob Sammonds, Miguel Casillas, Mario Leon,
Ronnie Levesque, and David Sims of FAS Physical Resources for hosting the Donation Station boxes in all the undergraduate and GSAS residences; Bob Breslow, Stephen Coughlin, Rick MacNeill, Edgar Ventura, Edmer Izaguirre and Ricardo from Harvard Business School; John Arciprete, Rebecca Andreasson and Kevin Carr of Harvard Law School; John Nolan, Dave Harris, Carl Tempesta, and Mark Gentile from Transportation Services for keeping our vehicles safely on the road; Philip Kreycik and all the REPs for their fabulous "Green Move-out" program; Larry Black, Gina Venturini and Donna Rodriguez from Harvard Kennedy School; John Horst, Michael Colliver from Radcliffe Institute; and last but not least, Meryl Brott and Krystal Noiseax of the Graduate Green Living Program!
GREY SQUIRREL perches on the rim of a trash barrel at the corner of Mt Auburn & Holyoke Streets, zestfully eating a slice of pizza grasped with both front paws.
SPARROW HAWK stops in several places to hover over Smith Playground, drifting downwind across the 175 N. Harvard St parking lot, searching for game.
A pair of BLUE JAYS forages side by side all day up and down Robinson Street, squabbling like an old married couple when one finds a tasty crabapple.
MOCKINGBIRD flies down from the small oak to the thick bush at the side of the Middle Eastern
Building at CGIS.
DOWNY WOODPECKER "whinnies" at Sumner Road, while a female cardinal's "tut" call summons her mate.
HOUSE SPARROW savors the big juicy red berry of the Kousa Dogwood on the ground by University Hall.
White spread-winged butterfly perches over two days on white door trim at 175 N. Harvard Street (see photo).
A screeching Bluejay forced a Redtailed Hawk to leaved its hiding place in a tree and fon the ground outside 17 Sumner, a small white butterfly checked out a young girl's sandwich before flying away.
RED-TAILED HAWK flies across the Square to the top of Holyoke Center and is immediately joined by another; together they sit at vigil the wholelunch hour.
Many BLACKPOLL WARBLERS fly around Museum of Comparative Zoology... Another Blackpoll feeds in WHITE PINE behind Grays Hall
Less lucky night-migrating birds fatally collide with Harvard buildings: BLACK & WHITE WARBLER hits the passageway between the Geology Building and the Geological Lecture Hall. BLACKPOLL WARBLER crashes against the new Northwest Science Laboratory. Another small warbler meets its end against the CGIS North building on the Sumner Road side. All birds were recovered by the Ornithology Department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and respectfully preserved for the collection.
The two tall maples between the Ukrainian Institute and the Middle Eastern Department are sporting deep scarlet scalloped areas on top.
EARLYBIRD MAPLE along Oxford St turns crimson before its 3 sisters. The same tree also leafs out first in the spring, according to a year-round Nature Watcher.
The front of the Middle Eastern Department and between 17 Sumner Rd. is a-splash in floral color: yellow, white, lavender, and huge lingering pink roses. MYRIAD BEES WORK and two white butterflies chase each other there among the roses, the goldenrod, and the lavender flowers.
Young MAPLE flames Harvard Crimson in front of Hollis Hall.
Thanks to Campus Nature Watchers Katherine Brick, Lydia Carmosino, Marge Fisher, Sonia Ketchian, Sandy Selesky, Bob Stymeist, and Jeremiah Trimble!
For information concerning Recycling and Solid Waste Removal, contact Rob Gogan, Associate Manager, Recycling and Waste Services, at 617-495-3042, or email rob_gogan at harvard dot edu
