EMU cuts back on waste
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
The EMU Skyllght-to-Go's trash cans
are now emptier because of a move to
use china plates and metai utensils.
The wastebaskets of many University
staff members are also emptier because
they and their colleagues can now opt to
send out fewer copies of tnomos
The Environmental Issues Committee
is the force behind these two changes.
Karyn Kaplan, campus recycler at the
Physical Plant, said the committee repre
sents a "grass-roots" effort to make a
change.
"It's u pro-active group," Kaplun said.
“It's very progressive It’s a positive op
portunity for stall, faculty and adminis
trators to come together to work on the
issues that concern everyone.”
Skylight-to-Go stopped using paper
plates and plastic utensils on a trial basis
early this year, said Dennis Carr. EMU
food service director. The EMU sub-com
mittee prompted the change, which EMU
ftxx) service employees had discussed
Carr said EMU food service considered
using reusable eating ware to cut Isick on
paper costs. EMU food service saves
about S250 a week. But Carr said he is
well aware of the environmental message
the food service is sending to students
"it's a way of doing what I call
precycling." Carr said. "If you can use u
plastic mug instead of a paper cup, or a
china plate instead of a paper plate, you
engage in a thoughtful avoidance of dis
posals."
Starling tins past July, faculty were
given the option of whether to send out
memos to every staff member, Kaplan
said Faculty ran now choose to Mind
only throe memos to each department.
Departments can post the memos to guur
antne all stall momboni see them.
The committee also convinced the
Campus Copy Center to copy all materi
als brought In by faculty on 100-percenl
unbleached recycled paper, unless the
professors roquosl otherwise. Kaplan
said
"The purpose is to create a healthy en
vironment for the campus community
and a forum for troubleshooting major
campus environmental issues," Kaplun
said.
Brian Hoop, who was ASUO Universe
ly affairs coordinator last year, and Alex
andra F'ooin, Iasi year’s Student Recycl
ing program director, thought up the idea
for an environmental issues committee.
Hoop said few students are probably
aware of whai the committee does, but It
is having an impact on campus.
•‘It's a really low-key com ml line that
does iltlin things," Hoop said "But at cu
mulatively, Ihoy'ro making a big differ
ence In the quality of life on campus "
Dan Williams, vice president for ad
ministration, solid ho implemented Hoop
and I-'oolu's idea and created the Envi
ronmental Issues Committee a year ago
"A number of those issues have been
concerns of other groups," Williams
said. "The purpose of the committee was
to servo as an umbrella to these groups. I
think it’s served that purpose."
The committee is made up of five sub
committees addressing issues such as
pesticides, alternative transportation,
waste reduction, energy and the EMU,
Kaplan said
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