Board of Directors Meeting
If you're interested in keeping up with the board's decisions and joining in the discussion, come out to the board meeting Thursday at 6:30pm in the OPIRG office (MUSC 229). All are welcome. The [...]
OPIRG Board of Directors Meeting Tonight, all welcome!
Meeting Agenda Date: October 31st, 2019 6:30 PM-7:30 PM Location: MUSC 230 Land acknowledgement Approval of agenda Assign minute taker, facilitator, mood minder, time keeper Quorum met Attendees/regrets Acknowledge conflicts of interest Approve [...]
Closed for reading week October 14 – 20
OPIRG McMaster will be closed for the fall reading week October 14-20 2019. Have a great break!
Weekly Board Meeting October 10
To keep up with the board's decisions, come out to our weekly meeting Thursday, October 10 from 6-7pm in BSB B155!
Sustainability Efforts at McMaster vs. Mohawk
Sustainability Efforts at McMaster vs. Mohawk By Sherry Chen I was curious about the attempts that my school, McMaster University, took to decreasing plastics on campus. To my dismay, McMaster does little. One [...]
2018-2019 Year End Report: Volunteers and Public Interest Projects
Check out our Public Interest Project year end reports for 2018-2019 with notes from our Coordinator of Volunteers on various aspects of work with volunteers at OPIRG McMaster. 2018-2019 Public Interest Project Year [...]
Hamilton aims for Zero Waste by 2030
Nrinder Nann is Hamilton's Ward 3 Councillor that covers the below the Niagara escarpment, Hamilton harbour to the north, ottawa st to the east, wellington st north to the west. Her plan presented to [...]
How do Corporations Measure their Waste?
Fashion and Apparel When we think of corporations polluting, our minds usually point to oil companies, and plastic litter. The other pile of waste that consumers usually forget about, comes from the retail [...]
Winner of the most Sustainable Grocery Store is….
WholeFoods From all grocery store audits, WholeFoods was the leading grocery store in waste, energy, water, and plastic packaging reduction. Inside and outside the store, the grocery store makes every effort in reducing [...]