Speck* Supplement 1
Tuesday, February 22,1993
Oregon Daily Emerald
with Recycling
University shop
leads the way in
recycling efforts
The use of recycled paper is merely one of the
environmentally aware facets that make the
University print shop unique. The shop is
currently implementing many new programs
that aid in recycling and environmental consciousness.
Most print shops don't like to use recycled papers
for printing because the recycled paper used to be of
much [xK>rer quality. The recycled paper of the past was
considered OK for copying but not for printing.
The University print shop prints many of the news
papers for the campus. It prints all the campus mail,
class packets, and handNxiks.
The papers it stocks are 100 percent unbleached and
unfortunately imported from Germany. It may seem
silly to import paper because it is a waste to use oil to
ship it here, however, the print shop wants to make a
statement. The import of this paper shows that 100
percent unbleached papers arc important to use and
should be made in the United States.
The nulls in the United States have found there is a
large market for unbleached recycled papers and are
going to start producing it when the current stock runs
out. The print shop will start ordering its paper from
the mill in the United States when this takes place.
Much of the printing industry has been very reluc
tant to make the shift to using recycled papers, but this
position is changing as the recycled paper qualities
improve.
When a piece of paper is made for the first time (a
virgin piece), the fibers that make up the paper are
long. This gives the p.qx-r a firming quality. As papers
are recycled over and over again, however, the paper
can become quite limp.
This paper can be difficult to work with It may have
trouble going through a printer or copier, and get stuck.
New technology has improved this problem. "Recycled
paper is 100 percent better than it was in the 70s," said
print shop director Wayne Merritt.
Acceptance by the production people as well as the
end users is increasing toward the use of recycled
papers.
One of the University print shops' programs is
designed to cut dow n on the number of pieces for cam
pus mail. A single mailing to all of the departments and
offices ts about a 4,600-piece print joh.
The print shop now urges the mailers to send only
three copies to each department instead of a stack.
This allows them to put the memos tip on bulletin
University print shop teed binder man At Thorn works on the shops belter, e machine that bails trimmings to be sent to a
recycler.
Kurd*, rather than on everyone's desk, which reduces
the number of the mailings to 600.
Although this program is catching on and getting
more response, unfortunately there remain a few who
do not agree with the plan They still believe then
memo is of the greatest importance and needs to be
delivered to everyone’s desk.
Another current program was created to cut down
on the number of pages printed tot class packets. Pro
fessors are told their class packets will be printed on
both sides unless they specifically request that they only
he printed on one side.
Some professors insist on printing on only one side,
allowing students to take additional notes on the back
sides, but the majority of professors do allow the print
ing on both sides.
In the future, when the paper is no longer shipped
from C iermanv, the price of recycled paper will drop and
class packets will be available at lower prices.
The print shop has invested in .1 luiler that kills up
the trimmings from the machines into 125 Ik hails.
These hails are much easier than large unsorted barrels
to take to a recycling outlet.
I he print shop has also just purchased a labeling
machine, which prints the addresses right on to the
outgoing mail In the past, the shop had to print up
labels to put on the the pieces. All ol you recycling butts
know th.it a piece of paper cannot ever he recycled
after it has a sticker or label on it.
I his machine costs almost $11,000 and does not
increase the efficiency <>l the shop one bit. It is merely
another way that the shop is attempting to Ik- environ
mentally conscious.
The biggest new project the print shop has is the
purchase of a $250,000 machine that electronically
takes orders. Currently, when a customer orders a print
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Concerned students are taking the time
out of their busy schedules to teach
the younger generation how to make
an environmental difference.
Jamie Tuma, a senior in sociology, is one con
cerned student who has gotten involved with
recycling and educating the younger generation
through a class offered by the University.
At Roosevelt Middle School, Tuma works
with children in the sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades, teaching them how to be earth con
scious. The class is an ecology program called
Qmservation and Recycling, put on by the Plan
ning, Public Policy and Management Depart
ment.
“1 believe that people in our society weren’t
raised to recycle," Tuma said, "Many were
brought up on the idea of a rrash compactor or
the simple concept of throwing it away in the
garbage can. A lot of parents today do not real
ize what really can be done with recycling, that’s
why teaching these kids u so valuable," he said.
Tuma said he tries to concentrate on the recy
cling aspect of the ecology program because it is
a process the kids can bring home with them
and teach their parents.
"Many of the kids realized that their parents
were not buying earth conscious packaging,"
Tuma said.
Tuma said the class enables the children to
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