After several years of planning, Building Services has successfully recycled a trial load of plastic pipette boxes with the plastics recycler, VISH Group, in Flemington, NJ. The initial amount recycled totaled 990 pounds which is almost half a ton of pipette boxes kept out of the landfill. 

Princeton University is expanding its renewable energy generation on campus by installing eight new solar projects. The expansion supports the University’s ambitious goal to achieve net carbon neutrality 2046.

The Office of Sustainability is now hiring EcoReps Leaders for 2021! The Princeton University Ecology Representative Program (EcoReps) was founded in 2004 and is hosted by the Office of Sustainability. The mission of the EcoReps is to promote the integration of sustainability into life on campus in alignment with the Sustainability Action Plan.