'Zero Food Waste' Initiative
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Developing a good habit of ‘zero food waste’ (also called “光盘”in Chinese) plays a decisive role in minimizing carbon footprint and protecting the environment across the campus.This is a snapshot of ZJU’s canteen, with slogans of ‘zero food waste’ setting beside the Plates Collection Corner. A student-led activity called ‘Collecting Stamps to Achieve Zero Food Waste’:The students who successfully collect 14 stamps (7 times of lunches and dinners each) at the end of the week, a bun...
'Recycling Right' Action
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To minimize waste across the campus and raise the awareness of turning waste into treasure, a helpful handbook of guidance on waste management is distributed among all the ZJUers. Where did the garbage go?Approaches for clearing municipal life garbage are mainly sanitary landfill, high-temperature composting and incineration, etc. However, with the population gathering, the garbage amount is increasing, and traditional treatment methods has brought many problems.Harmful gas “dioxin”...