{"id":101,"date":"2022-01-20T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T23:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/environmental-health-safety\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2023-01-09T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:05:27","slug":"waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/environmental-health-safety\/waste-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste &amp; Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Environmental Health &amp; Safety (EHS) at 91探花 promotes and supports a safe and healthy campus environment by working with the campus community to implement the goals and provisions of the university&rsquo;s Environmental Policy Statement.<\/p>\n<p>EHS helps the university meet regulatory compliance and protect and enhance the natural environment through activities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/environmental-health-safety\/environment\/hazardous-waste-management\/\">hazardous waste management<\/a> and compliance with federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/environmental-health-safety\/environment\/community-right-to-know-act\/\">Community Right-to-Know<\/a> reporting requirements.<\/p>\n<h2>91探花 Environmental Policy Statement<\/h2>\n<p>91探花 enjoys a high quality natural setting in the northern lakes region of Minnesota. 91探花 is committed to excellence and leadership in protecting the natural environment. The university community affirms the belief that faculty, staff and students are responsible to provide this leadership in environmental stewardship and in promoting environmental awareness, local action and global thinking. 91探花 will endeavor, as far as resources will allow, to improve our stewardship roles in the areas of: education (including the infusion of environmental content into appropriate curriculum), operations (including day-to-day use of resources associated with the functioning of the university) and communication (including raising environmental awareness, especially through example and modeling good stewardship practices in partnership with the broader community.) 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