Sustainability at OSU
This program allows students to use reusable containers when they take their food to-go
What is Eco2Go?
This process turns food scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich soil.
What is composting?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are all examples of this type of energy source formed from ancient plants and animals.
What are fossil fuels?
Communities near highways, factories, and power plants often have higher rates of this breathing condition.
What is asthma?
This program gives you reward points and enters you in a raffle for biking around campus!
What is ZAP?
This metal, used to make soda cans, can be recycled over and over again without losing quality.
What is aluminum?
This mechanism is where companies and individuals can pay for projects like tree planting to make up for their own emissions.
What is a carbon offset?
This chemical, sprayed on crops to kill insects, is a health risk for the workers who harvest them.
What are pesticides?
This was built as an engineering capstone project and can power an average house for a day.
What is the Solar Trailer?
This term describes the electricity that devices like chargers and TVs keep using even when they're turned off but still plugged in.
What is phantom energy?
Forests and oceans act as this, absorbing more carbon dioxide than they release.
What is a carbon sink?
This federal program, created in 1980, cleans up the nation's most contaminated hazardous waste sites.
What is Superfund?