Recyclemania 2013

Welcome to Recyclemania 2013. Okanagan College is registered to participate again in this international competition. As in the past two competitions we will again be participating in the Benchmark Division.

$1 reusable bottles in OC cafeteria

 

If cost or convenience has stopped you from buying a refillable water bottle until now, the Okanagan College cafeteria has the solution: $1 bottles that you can reuse over and over!

Earth Day Weekend: Electronics Disposal Event at the KLO Campus

What Are Your Plans for Earth Day this weekend?

To honor this Occasion, OC will be hosting an E-waste Recycling depot at the KLO Campus this Saturday April 21st, from 9-3! It’s the day before Earth Day (Officially Apr 22) – so you can stretch the event into a whole weekend!

Campus Facilities Boast Green Policies

Campus Planning and Facilities Management at Okanagan College is committed to environmentally sustainable maintenance and development.   

Penticton campus recycles for Ethiopia

A novel idea from Business Administration Chair David Northcott has the Penticton campus making international good with its recycling.

Construction Trades and the Four R’s

The Construction Trades have made great strides in making their program and operations more sustainable.  The following table outlines some of the things following the three R’s of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:

Office Recycling

The Good News! OC employees are recycling more, and throwing less in the garbage.

OC and UBCO’s trash audited

In October 2008, UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College Enviro clubs challenged each other to an assessment of what is in the college’s trash. That day, 72% of the trash thrown out at UBC Okanagan was not garbage, compared to 70% at Okanagan College.