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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Spring cleaning and decluttering sustainably — dorm style

Isabella Lapriore March 31, 2023
The realization sets in, come the second semester, that your closet is full of clothes you no longer love. When this happens, it’s time for spring cleaning.
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BU Sustainability to launch composting pilot program in select residences

Anna Rubenstein February 14, 2023
14 Buswell St., the Medical School residence and on floors one through six in 10 Buick St., will receive composting bins as part of a pilot program under Boston University’s Zero Waste Plan.
Jung Kim / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: The Marc Jacobs tote bag — a flawed hero in the saga of sustainability

Sujena Soumyanath April 12, 2022
How can a brand with a sustainability rating of “terrible” claim the aesthetic of the average environmentally-conscious, fast-fashion denouncing, progressive tote wearer? 
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Going digital may not be as straightforward a solution to environmental issues as we may think

Editors April 22, 2021
The issue of sustainability can’t be removed from the context of our society, so we must ensure the solution is equitable.
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Massachusetts to hit net zero emissions by 2050 through new law

Taylor Brokesh March 31, 2021
Baker signed “An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy” Friday.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The onus of recycling should not fall on the consumer, but rather governments, corporations

Editors February 25, 2021
The individual can and should be accountable for their own waste whenever possible — taking shorter showers, reducing consumption, learning more about recycling, etc. But the brunt of the work has to be done by the government and by large corporations because they’re the ones who have the power to actualize real, immediate and impactful change.
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