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 rhatm h mm fMkw 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. Oregon DAILY EMERALD r ii s.. tuts, »>«»• ^hrtmr>m* The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday escept during flinm week and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co at the University ol Oregon. Eugene. 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