Worthy of Our Better Selves
Worthy of Our Better Selves Written by Mike Nickerson Deep in debt, caught in jobs we don’t like, many find it hard to imagine finding the time and freedom to create a [...]
Volunteer Position: Chief Returning Officer
Help run OPIRG McMaster's Board of Directors elections for 2019 OPIRG McMaster is seeking a volunteer (or volunteers) to help run a successful election process for our student board of directors. The board [...]
Survey: OPIRG’s Resource Centre
Take a short survey Try your hand in winning some fair trade chocolate by completing a super short survey. OPIRG McMaster wants to hear from the student body on the best way our [...]
Threadwork 2018 Recap & 2019 Plans
Goodbye 2018. Looking back, Threadwork has accomplished some awesome events in the Fall 2018 term. But first... Need a Refresher on What We Do? No Problem! We Got You Covered: Threadwork is an OPIRG [...]
Survey: Composting and Recycling at McMaster
Test your waste sorting knowledge, and tell us what you think! Have you mastered the waste management system at McMaster? Do you often wonder whether an item belongs in the "This," "That," or [...]
Waste Not, Want Not – #1
Eating out: Convenient meals without the waste When life gets hectic, grabbing a quick meal or snack while on the go can be a major time-saver. Unfortunately, despite the convenience, takeout can have [...]
Eco-Friendly Tip
Keep the mason jar that comes with your pasta sauce. They have a plethora of uses around the house. I personally use one as a shaker bottle, since glass doesn't retain the gnarly smell [...]
MUSC 229 Visual Progress Report
MUSC 229 - Visual Progress Report We have been thinking and talking and writing and meeting and meeting and writing and talking and taking surveys that have been ignored and making progress then [...]
Campus Waste Audit Report Released
So where is it all going? In collaboration with Waste Reduction Group Inc., McMaster University conducted a campus waste audit in November 2017. The results indicate that Mac has a waste diversion rate [...]
Taking a look inside Mac’s Organic Waste bins
Compost Audit On November 15, Trash Talk execs and Adam Chiaravalle of McMaster Facility Services decided to get their hands a little dirty and do an audit of one of McMaster’s new compost [...]