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Graham was featured speaker at composting conference

Brittany Graham, sustainability coordinator

Brittany Graham, North Central College sustainability coordinator, spoke at statewide conference about the College’s Kaufman Dining Hall composting project.

Brittany Graham, North Central College sustainability coordinator, was a featured speaker at a statewide composting conference held Feb. 7 at the Westin Hotel in Lombard. She talked about North Central’s composting project at Kaufman Dining Hall as a successful model of waste reduction strategies.

North Central’s electric vehicle charging station is ready to use

North Central College introduces new sustainability effort, installs first electric vehicle charging station at Old Main parking lot for campus community use.

As part of an ongoing effort to support sustainability values and actions into all aspects of campus life, North Central College has installed its first electric vehicle charging station, making it easier for members of the campus community to own and use electric cars.

The electric vehicle charging station is ready to use and situated on the sidewalk in the Old Main parking lot off Loomis Street. The station can charge two vehicles simultaneously in two adjacent parking spaces and may be used free of charge by any North Central College student, faculty, staff or campus visitor.

New bike racks are everywhere

North Central College’s recent addition of new bike racks at residence halls, academic buildings facilitates campus-wide use of bikes and racks.

Whether you use a Cardinal Red Bike or your own personal bike to get around campus and town, there’s some exciting news. North Central recently added new bike racks at residence halls at Res/Rec, Patterson, Ward, Seybert and Kimmel halls and at academic buildings, including Kaufman Dining Hall, Pfeiffer Hall, Old Main, Harold and Eva White Activities Center, Kroehler Science Center and the Blue House.

Keep a lookout for these racks and make sure you follow the biking rules of the road and do not chain your bike to trees or fences or benches.

Area residents invited to Recycling Extravaganza Oct. 6 at North Central College

DuPage County residents are invited to take part in a Recycling Extravaganza from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 6, at North Central College.

The event will take place in the parking lots behind the Residence Hall/Recreation Center, 440 S. Brainard St., and Merner Field House, 450 S. Brainard St. The entrance to the lots is located where Porter Avenue intersects with Loomis Street. Volunteers will direct traffic and assist customers dropping off donations.

Recycling, collection results from Move Out 2012

The North Central College campus did a great job during June's Move Out in helping reduce waste, electronics and more from going to a landfill.

The North Central College campus did a great job during Move Out in June 2012 in helping reduce waste, electronics, used carpet and more from going to a landfill.

Recycling/donation options during resident student move-out

Through June 8, North Central provides options for electronics and carpet recycling, furniture and food donations and more for students, faculty, staff.

As part of the resident student year-end move-out, North Central College is providing several options to students, faculty and staff to recycle unwanted, nonworking electronics and used carpet; donate furniture, clothing and food; collect medications; and dispose of household hazardous waste. These services are available on campus through Friday, June 8.

Electronics recycling
The College will provide recycling bins for unwanted, nonworking electronics located next to each designated residence hall dumpster at these locations: