Cornell’s Sustainability Hub is trying to keep  the streets of Collegetown clean through their waste reduction project Collegetown ART (Art, Recycling, and Trash cans). 

Prof. Anil Netravali explores biodegradeable materials to improve environmental conditions and increase sustainability.

The College Veterinary Medicine raised eyebrows last month when it accidentally discharged animal carcass wastewater into Ithaca city sewers. Although the University immediately declared that the waste was “neither infectious nor hazardous” to the public, some concerns about the facility remain. Cornell ought to be forthcoming in addressing these issues.

What happens to Cornell’s dirty water once it goes down the drain? Currently, two percent of the United States’ electricity consumption goes toward treating that wastewater. Prof. Lars Angenent, biological and environmental engineering, and his peers work to reduce electrical consumption by applying bioelectrochemical systems to the wastewater treatment process.

Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine accidentally released animal carcass waste into Ithaca’s sewage system on Friday. Workers attempting to transport the wastewater were forced to use their “emergency” disposal method of using the sewage system when a remotely controlled valve “didn’t function correctly,” said Simeon Moss, deputy University spokesperson.

­It’s time to decide whether that mountain of Mongo-wokked goodness you overzealously loaded onto your tray is still worth eating. You might reason that anything remaining on your top-heavy tray is a sunk cost and place it on the conveyor belt, sending your food, tray and worries into the kitchen.

For some students, however, the worry and guilt associated with wasted food does not disappear so easily

“It’s a shame to see people waste so much food. I’m straight up livid. The University bears a cost and the environment bears the cost of having to wash extra plates and cutlery,” Josh Neifeld ’11 said.

Although excessive waste is undesirable, it is nonetheless unavoidable, according to Doug Lockwood, office manager for Cornell Dining.