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A circular economy is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources. These economies employ reuse, sharing, repair, refurbishment, re-manufacturing and recycling to create a close-loop system, minimizing the use of resource inputs and the creation of waste, pollution and carbon emissions.

Water is vital for all forms of life, and is significant to human society, making its conservation vital. Chapel Hill has a limited water supply and has experienced multiple droughts in recent years, which has highlighted the need for water conservation at UNC.

Water is vital for all forms of life, and is significant to human society, making its conservation vital. Chapel Hill has a limited water supply and has experienced multiple droughts in recent years, which has highlighted the need for water conservation at UNC.

Environmental politics is the study of political theories and ideas related to the environment, the examination of the environmental stances of both mainstream political parties and environmental social movements, and the analysis of public policymaking and implementation affecting the environment at multiple geopolitical levels.

Do your residents know what they can and can’t recycle on campus? Do they know where to recycle things on campus? Do they know what happens to the recycling when it leaves campus? These are all examples of questions that you can teach your residents about recycling! By recycling right, we can assure that more materials get recycled and lessen the costs associated with recycling.

With sustainability initiatives that work to redirect cardboard, Styrofoam and other plastic away from landfills as students move into their residence halls in the fall and programs that help students donate unwanted items to thrift shops when they move out in the spring, Carolina has kept hundreds of tons of waste from landfills over the years.

This environmental feat can be traced back to a competition among residence halls that began 25 years ago.