UNIVERSITY
Recyclers out to educate students
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
Organizers of the University's Recycling
Awareness Week dumped a can of garbage in the
EMU Courtyard Monday to show students that
much of the garbage thrown away on campus is
recyclable.
@The average person produces four
and-a-half pounds of garbage each
day. said Karyn Kaplan, the campus
recycling education coordinator.
Kaplan said that at least 30 percent of our gar
bage is paper, and she believes 50 percent of stu
dent garbage is paper.
Mike Hamblin from BRING Recycling ex
plained which items from the garbage can could
be recycled. Glass, paper, cardboard, tin cans,
foil and some types of plastic can be recycled.
Hamblin emphasized that using glass is prefer
able to plastic, because glass can be used indefi
nitely. whereas plastic has to be redesigned into
another product, and will eventually end up in a
landfill.
The campus recycling program, which was op
erated by the Pearl Buck Center until the end of
last year, currently accepts white and colored
ledger paper, computer printout paper and news
print. Kaplan said that she is working with EMU
food service to provide cardboard, tin and glass
recycling.
Kaplan, who was the Survival Center's recycl
ing coordinator last year, was hired by the Physi
cal Plant along with Jon Davis, who had been the
primary transporter for Pearl Buck recycling.
"My job is really to present recommendations
to the University on a cost-effective recycling pro
gram." Kaplan said.
Kaplan believes that in the long run the pro
gram will not only be cost-effective, but profit
making.
"The most important thing to do right now is
to work within the existing program,” Kaplan
said. "We want to give the students and faculty a
voice on how they want the program to run to
meet their needs."
Kaplan said that student empowerment is key
to the present and future success of the program.
"The way that this is shaping up is really moti
vated by the students." she said.
Kaplan said that strong student interest helped
implement the recycling program that is now in
the dorms, and may soon be started in the greek
system. The program also services over 201) Uni
versity offices.
The recycling program receives help from sev
eral students each term who receive class or in
ternship credit for their work.
"This is how this program is going to survive
and be cost effective." Kaplan said.
Kaplan also credits Dennis Carr, EMU food ser
vice director, and Fred Babcock. University
Housing food service director, for their enthusi
asm in promoting the recycling effort
Dorm residents received reusable mugs this
year, replacing paper cups in the dining halls.
The same mugs are being sold by EMU food ser
vice for a dollar, and can be used for discounted
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Mike Hamblin, participated in Monday’s
trash can dumping of recyclable and non-re
cyclable goods in the EMU Courtyard.
beverage refills.
Kaplan and Alexandra Foote, the new recycling
coordinator for the Survival Center, worked on
minimizing paper waste in the dorm dining halls
last year, and eventually began working on the
reusable mug project with Carr.
Kaplan is pleased with the level of participa
tion in the recycling program. She said that last
year Pearl Buck picked up about 16 tons of paper
per month from the University. Irr August, the
Physical Plant picked up 14 tons, and that was
from a greatly reduced summer student body.
However, a problem still exists with students
and faculty who don't follow the proper sorting
procedure for their recyclable materials Kaplan
said that people need to remember to put the dif
ferent papers in the appropriate bins, and no| to
recycle "post-it notes'* or anything with gum la
bels or plastic windows on them.
CORRECTION
In Friday's story on the "Take Hack the
Night" march. Joanne Frank should have
been ((noted as saying that men should not
be excluded The Enwrnld regrets the error.
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