Shining Waters is a weekly program, which focuses on removing litter from campus. The program is popular among Sports teams and Greek Life providing students with community service opportunities. We remove approximately 200 lbs of litter per semester from our campus community.
To join in and learn more find a Shining Waters event on the events calendar.
Surplus food from residential and retail dining facilities is sustainably managed via two mechanisms: donation and compost. Food that is deemed safe for donation is shared with on- and off- campus food pantries, and through additional programming efforts. Annually, the campus typically donates approximately 7,500 pounds of food. Food items that are not fit for donation are sent to the Bristol Hill Composting Facility to be turned into a nutrient-rich soil amendment. This composting effort diverts approximately 100,000 lbs of organic waste from landfills and incinerators every year.
OzThrift is an end-of-semester student donation collection. These student donations are collected and sorted from the residence halls. These goods are then made available to the campus community to provide accessible clothing, electronics, and other necessities. Every year, roughly 30,000 pounds of clothing, electronics, and other student donations are diverted from landfills. This semiannual OzThrift sale creates a circular economy of goods at SUNY Oswego.
