Accomplishments
- Food Services and Facility Services are recycling food (vegetable/fruit) compost
- Facility Services and Linda Pollock have completed their report on recycling throughout the campuses
- Bookstore and Food Services are selling reusable mugs and sport bottles
- Food Services is charging 5 cents for Styrofoam cups for water to discourage "one-time" use of cups and encourage the purchase of reusable cups
- Green Purchasing – Beginning January 1st all paper mailings will go away for bids, quotes and proposals. All notification will be electronic.
Sustainable Teaching at JJC
Phrases like sustainable living, global warming, and going green are all fast becoming common vernacular in today’s society.
JJC is actively participating in this worldwide dialogue through the recent formation of a committee to address issues of sustainability at the college, while JJC Professor Bill Yarrow is contributing to the cause by making his classes completely paperless.
JJC Master Plan Embraces Green Movement
The new Joliet Junior College master plan has gone green. The plan, which was approved in April by the Board of Trustees, has many sustainable elements and green initiatives that came from recommendations made by the steering committee, natural areas committee, and other members of the college community.
Some of the proposed initiatives include:
- Green roofs planted on bridges
- LEED certification for new buildings
- Alternative energy used such as solar and geo-thermal
- Permeable parking lots and pavement
- Sustainability educational path
- Improved lake and storm water management
- Native, drought resistant plantings
JJC Bookstore Goes Green
The JJC Bookstore is proud to announce the following “Green” additions from Safe Now Products to our merchandise lines:
- Liquid Hand Soap - $1.95
- Ultra Dish Liquid - $2.95
- Window Cleaner - $2.95
- All Purpose Cleaner - $2.95
- Bathroom Cleaner - $2.95
- Floor Cleaner - $2.95
- Clarifying Laundry Detergent - $7.95
All of these products are Human Safe and Earth Friendly and available now at the JJC Bookstore.