Recycling Options for Greek Houses
Recycling is available in all properties owned by Tufts and in houses where the members organize recycling independently of the Facilities Department. Tufts-owned houses such as Chi Omega have the same recycling options that are available in on-campus dormitories. However, the majority of the Greek houses on campus are not owned by Tufts University, thus waste management for these houses does not fall under Tufts’ jurisdiction. Tufts Recycles! and the Facilities Department want to support Greek recycling efforts.There are recycling dumpsters available for fraternity use–check out our map below to see where they are located in relation to the different Greek houses.
Greek houses owned privately or by Walnut Hill are eligible for curbside recycling services through the city of Somerville. These houses would be able to mix paper, cardboard, glass, metal and plastic together in the same bin. To get started with curbside recycling services, each house would need to acquire a city bin and to alert the Department of Public Works that their bin will be put out weekly. Click here to learn more about the city’s mixed recycling program, or check out this short youtube video. At the time of this writing, Tufts Facilities Services has three city bins in storage available for eligible Greek houses.
Spotlight on Theta Delta Chi
At the start of the spring semester, the brothers of Theta Delta Chi worked with Tufts Recycles! to
implement a recycling plan for their fraternity. Interns worked with brothers to paint a glass, metal and plastic recycling dumpster that will be stored in the parking lot next to their house. We are excited to see their recycling progress–they are the first house on campus to designate a Green Chair position! Based on the success they experience, we will be working with other fraternities on campus to institute similar individualized programs.
How can Tufts Recycles! assist my fraternity/sorority with Greek recycling?
Since the Fall of 2010, Tufts Recycles! has made recycling bins similar to the ones that 
are found in the dorms available to the Greek houses. These bins that we have on-hand have been circulated out of the dorms, but are still in working condition. They will only be available until the supply is exhausted. Members of Greek organizations interested in starting recycling efforts within their house can contact the Tufts Recycles! [x7-3810] office to pick up the bins.
Who can I contact to learn more?
If you are interested in learning more about what Greek houses are doing to recycle, you can contact the house president. Listed below is contact information for all of the active Greek houses on campus. If you would like to learn more about recycling on campus, contact Dawn Quirk at dawn.quirk@tufts.edu.
Alpha Epsilon Pi – Alex Farmer
Alpha Phi – Kara Goldstein
Alpha Omicron Pi – Alex Haruben
Alpha Tau Omega – Matthew Sanda
Chi Omega – Linzy Prudden
Delta Tau Delta – Alex Freiberg
Delta Upsilon – Anthony Ferlan
Sigma Phi Epsilon – Mike McCarthy
Sigma Nu – Jack Fleming
Theta Chi – Leo Greenberg
Theta Delta Chi – Matthew Amico
Zeta Beta Tau – Markus Wilhite
Zeta Psi – to be announced
