Compost
Finished compost is used for this on campus.
What is Landscaping?
This punny program helps reduce the amount of paper, plastic, and glass waste on campus.
Hint: Cy gives is a thumbs up.
What is reCYcling?
This dam produces enough power for over 1 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona.
What is the Hoover Dam?
This little guy speaks for the trees.
Who is the Lorax?
This is a way to reduce waste in the shower.
What is use shampoo/ conditioner/ soap bars?
The only dining hall on campus that doesn't compost shares a name with this operating system.
What is Windows?
Using this will give you a discount at coffee shops on campus.
What is your own cup/ mug?
Appropriate considering our mascot, the state of Iowa relies more on this energy source than any other state does.
What is wind energy?
Despite his poor reputation, this former US president founded the EPA in 1970.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is the place in Ames where you could purchase sustainable swap items.
What is Zero Waste Mercantile (Z.W. Mercantile)?
Worms, ideally, can eat this percent of their weigh in scraps per day.
What is 100%?
This is the name of the Director of Sustainability at Iowa State.
Who is Merry Rankin?
This is the element by which nuclear power is created.
Iowa impacts the Gulf of Mexico because of this type of runoff.
What is fertilizer/ nitrogen runoff?
This is the fabric that uses the least amount of water in its production.
What is Recycled PET Polyester?
The ideal ratio between the two major components of compost
What is 30:1?
This area of campus with many new building is maxed out on drainage.
What is the engineering side/ Bissell Road?
This is an example of biomass.
What are trees?
Maybe it's better to be shellfish, since this pollutant is known to become concentrated in fish like marlin and ahi tuna.
What is Mercury?
This is a way to reduce emissions in terms of one's diet.
What is eat a plant-rich diet?
What is Anaerobic Decomposition?
This is the name of the grant that project teams are allowed to apply for.
What is the Green Initiative Fund?
This is how geothermal energy is harvested.
What is the heat from the sun boils water to create steam?
This is roughly the number of pounds of garbage dumped into the ocean each year; and this is the major consituent.
What is 14 billion pounds, and what is plastic?
This is how much of the solid waste produced globally is organic or biodegradable.
What is nearly 50%?