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What Obstacles Prevent Students From Engaging In Environmentally Friendly Behaviors?, Carrie Cutler, Loretta Sohappy
What Obstacles Prevent Students From Engaging In Environmentally Friendly Behaviors?, Carrie Cutler, Loretta Sohappy
2018 Symposium
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)the United States generated 33 million tons of plastic waste in 2014 of which only 9.5% was recycled. In addition Americans use over 17 million barrels of oil a year to meet demands for plastic water bottles. Any reusable plastic that gets thrown away creates the need to harvest new raw materials contributing to pollution and energy consumption. If Americans consumed 50% fewer plastic water bottles per year they would save enough oil to power one million cars for six months. The purpose of this study was to identify college students’ attitudes barriers and …
Making Soap Green, Asia Sweet
Making Soap Green, Asia Sweet
Thinking Matters Symposium Archive
The One Gallon Soap Company (OGSC) recycles partially used bar soap from local Portland hotels and repurposes it as liquid hand soap. The preliminary formulations originally prepared by the OGSC produced a smooth, homogeneous liquid soap with good foaming action. However, over short and often variable time periods, the soap would separate into two layers: a watery bottom layer with little foaming action and an oily top layer. The OGSC asked the USM Chemistry Department to investigate the formulation process in an effort to provide a more stable product – one that would maintain a constant consistency over several months.
Fy 2018 Umass Amherst Waste Management Report, Ezra Small
Fy 2018 Umass Amherst Waste Management Report, Ezra Small
Campus Data
Each year the Office of Waste Management publishes this report which totals recycling and refuse data for the campus.