On Friday April 22, Sheridan’s Spring Cleanup event was held in three campus locations to celebrate Earth Day. We are pleased to announce that it was a great success. Many thanks to the terrific efforts of all the volunteers. You have helped brightened up the trails and the wooded areas around the campus and the neighbourhood! Special thanks to the Advancement and External Relations, Facilities Services and Green Teams, for your great support in the planning, promotion and set up of the event.
It was a sunny, warm day. As the volunteers started out for their litter pick-up, they self-organized themselves in small groups. They all came back with a smile on their face. Over the course of 1.5 hours, our 33 volunteers, including staff and students, collected a total of 27 bags of waste in three waste streams. One group at the Trafalgar campus returned with the most amount of waste and two most unusual items at the same time. This group, made up of four members from the Digital and Social Media unit at Sheridan, included Justin, Jen, Shamelle and Christine. Together they brought back from the trails a total of 19 kg of waste, including an old TV set and a tusk-shape item (below). They both were disposed of as e-waste. Each of the group members will receive a Mission Zero T-shirt from the Office for Sustainability.
Justin from the winning team told us, “As a member of the Sheridan community, the Campus Cleanup event was an enjoyable and welcomed opportunity to help make a positive impact. A chance to get out of the office, get some steps in, and clean up the campus made for a great day—and we found some pretty interesting stuff, too!” The volunteers found a lot of plastic water bags, plastic bottles, plastic straws, paper coffee cups, some wire and an umbrella. They also found other interesting items such as a seat cushion and some kitchen towels.
For more photos of the Cleanup event, please visit our Facebook page (Sheridan Mission Zero)
To learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities and Sustainability events, please visit our Mission Zero website . You are welcome to sign up for our mailing list. You can also follow us on Twitter (mssnzero).
For any questions, please feel free to contact Wai Chu Cheng, Sustainability Coordinator, at waichu.cheng@sheridancollege.ca.
Volunteers at the Trafalgar campus:
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Volunteers at the Trafalgar campus
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Volunteers at the Trafalgar campus
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Volunteers at HMC
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Volunteers at HMC
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Volunteers at the Davis campus
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Volunteers at the Davis campus
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The winning teams with their trophies
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