减少废物及管理
Skidmore's comprehensive waste program helps minimize the negative environmental, economic, and social costs of our waste system by responsibly managing campus materials 限制我们对垃圾填埋场的贡献. Skidmore目前回收或再利用 mixed office paper, newspaper, magazines, cardboard, plastic, glass, aluminum, tin, electronics, batteries, fryer oil, light bulbs, ink and toner cartridges, and furniture. 我们希望到2025年能达到60%的转换率.
- 日常废物及循环再造: Skidmore's Zero-sort recycling allows users to place all recyclable material (paper, cardboard, metals, glass and plastics) in one bin, making recycling much easier for our community. Please see the image below for more information about what is currently accepted in the recycling containers located in offices and public spaces across campus.
电子产品回收: Skidmore will recycle, free of charge, all College-owned and student-owned electronics. College employees may contact Facilities Services to collect recyclables from offices. Students may recycle personal electronics by placing items in the Wait Hall basement (请联络校园安全处查询). 阅读下面火博体育电子垃圾的更多信息.
电池及墨水/碳粉回收: Batteries and college-owned ink/toner cartridges can be recycled in the green recycling 柜子位于案件中心邮局窗口几步远的地方. We accept nickelcadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium ion and rechargeable batteries. Lead-acid batteries are recycled on campus, but a work order should be submitted to Facilities 收款服务. This location does not accept wet cell, magnesium, mercury dry, zinc air mercury, or lithiumprimary batteries. 碱性电池也不被接受 in the recycling program and should be discarded in landfill container (following 纽约州指导方针).
食物垃圾和堆肥: The College manages three separate organic waste programs, including:
- 住宅堆肥: Students living in any on-campus housing may participate in the student-run Skidmore Compost program. ResHalls和Apartments的程序各不相同，有一个bucket for each 1st floor ResHall and 1 bucket and 1 deposit bin for each apartment. Student 管理人员和志愿者每周都会收集食物垃圾. 2022年，该计划扩大 包括学术建筑. 使用该程序生成的堆肥 在火博体育社区花园. 可接受的材料和物流细节如下 found on our Compost page. If you are missing an apartment bin or have questions, please contact the program managers at compost@gzmaojs.com.
- 食堂堆肥: All food waste is collected and composted by our partner, Natural Upcycling. This 该项目每月从垃圾填埋场转移约50吨垃圾.
- 剩余食物捐赠: FeedMore, a student-club, partners with the Dining Hall to collect surplus food from Dining Services to donate to local organizations, helping to address food insecurity in Saratoga Springs.
Give+Go Program: 你不想要的，别人可能会需要. The Give+Go is an annual move-out donation collection program bringing student's gently used 货物到当地的非营利组织再利用或转售. 这个项目耗费了大量的材料 from the landfill and gives Skidmore students an opportunity to give back to their community. 超过100吨的材料已被转移，无法进入 landfill and are instead donated to Backstretch Employee Service Team in Saratoga and additional organizations that support underserved folks in the Capital Region.
E-Waste
E-waste, or Electronic Waste, is a category of waste that makes up old or broken electronics, computer parts, batteries, ink cartridges, CDs, and other materials that may have 有害金属或化学品.
Facilities runs an on-going E-waste collection program in the basement of Wait Hall
(北四边形)处理系内及学生的电子废物. 如果你有电子垃圾，你会
如欲回收，请致电校园安全(518-580-5566)，让你进入等待地下室的自行车室(如图). Once inside,
请把电子垃圾放在靠墙的架子上. If you notice that
the shelf is full, please contact someone at Facilities (518-580-5860 Monday-Friday,
9am to 3pm).
可接受和不接受的项目:
The following is a small list of items accepted by our E-Waste Provider, EWASTE+
有关可接受和不可接受项目的完整列表，请参见 here.
Acceptable Items:
- Batteries
- Laptops
- 电话及流动装置
- 电脑设备(鼠标、网络摄像头、麦克风等.)
- 电缆和控制器
- Fluorescent Lamps
- Gaming Equipment
- Cameras
- Fans
Unaccepted Items:
- Small appliances (toasters, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, irons, hair dryers, etc.)
- Large TVs
- Mini-Fridges
- 任何含有液体或液态汞的东西
- 除湿机和空调
While broken electronics, dated equipment, and cables are destined for recycling, 可以捐赠工作和可操作的电子产品. Below is a short list of places in and around Saratoga County that accept electronic items as donations:
- 一起重建萨拉托加县 (Milton Avenue 132, Ballston Spa, NY 12020) 接受小型厨房电器和灯具.
- The Salvation Army (纽约州萨拉托加斯普林斯伍德劳恩大道27号)- 请提前致电518-584-1640
- 特洛伊地区联合事工 (纽约州特洛伊市第2街392号，邮编12180 Has a computer collection program, call their office at 518-274-5920 to donate a computer.
电子废物不能安全地填埋: Many of the rare earth minerals or other chemicals used in making most electronics 对人类和野生动物有害吗. 这些物质会渗入 surrounding environment and waterways and cause severe environmental and health problems, 无论是在这里还是在国外.
Due to these hazardous materials and the complexity of most electronics, 电子垃圾也不能正常回收. However,they can be recycled at specialty locations and places that have special E-waste recycling programs. For example, some maturfactures or stores offer E-waste recycling for a fee.
The story of E-waste doesn’t end there, however: some retailers ship E-waste to poor and developing countries in attempts to outsource labor or dispose of the hazardous material there. 这就把这些材料的负担和危害放在了较贫穷的人身上 而国家，则是对基本人权的侵犯. 你可以阅读更多火博体育 环保局网站上的这个问题 here.
The good news is that there are organizations that review E-waste recycling companies and offer certifications for companies that recycle their E-waste properly. Here 在火博体育，我们和 EWASTE+ 满足我们的电子产品回收需求. EWASTE+是一家高透明度的回收公司 that holds the R2/RIOS and NAID 电子废物回收认证! 他们为我们提供电子垃圾回收计划 这是免费的，对所有学生开放! (详情见下文).
火博体育电子垃圾的快速事实:
- For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, 35,274 lbs of copper, 772 lbs of 可以回收银、75磅金和33磅钯.
- E-waste represents 2% of America's trash in landfills, but it equals 70% of overall toxic waste.
- 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed worldwide every year.
