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job lora 500 page document, the person must
print out .m original and give it to the shop.
This machine will allow someone to elec
tronically send the document from their
department or PC' into this machine I he
machine is currently at the facility hut will lx
up and running in May.
The print shop has definitely educated the
campus on the possibilities for an environmen
tally conscious print shop They use agritech
ink, which is a vegetable based ink, rather
than petroleum based I ho brings up a ques
tion about recycling in general
There are currently no regulations as to the
labeling of the percentage of recycled material
in a produc i A paper company could use only
10 percent recycled products to make their
p.ijXT and still claim that it is recycles! paper.
The shop makes a conscious attempt to he
a post-consumer store. Pro-consumer means
Our University’s [rrint shop is
way ahead of most
universities in the nation.
they would recycle the ends and trimming
that would never have left the shop in the first
place. Tire University shop attempts to actual
ly use papers that have been de-inked after
they have been printed on lor the first time
ami used again.
. he shop no longer stocks any of the bright
colored papers that are unrecyclable and they
no longer offer the color golden rod.
Our University's print shop is way ahead of
most universities in the nation When the
OSU print shop burned down all of its orders
came to the University print shop. Almost all
of the orders that came from Corvallis asked
for virgin paper The shop was prepared to take
on that task and do what it could to help out.
— Teresa Isabelle
EDUCATION
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get actively involved with tecy
cltng through various projects
and worksheets he assigns.
The most recent project he
assigned involved having the
kids go home and l«x>k at all of
the products in their house to
sec whether the packaging is
recyclable
By showing the children a
plastic margarine tub container
cannot be recycled or the toilet
paper their mother bought has
individually wrapped each roll
as the final plastic wrap to hold
them together, the kids learn
about the importance of pnxl
uct selection. Tuma said.
"Hopefully the kids will
make a difference the next time
their parents go to the store
and push them to be product
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Pepsi Bottles are now made of 25%
recycled plastic. And They’re 100% recyclable.
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conscious and earth friendly,”
he said. "Even if the kids can
not make a difference with
their parents, at least when
they arc old enough to shop for
themselves they will remember
what they learned in my pro
gram."
In order to receive credit,
students must submit a propos
al to Karyn Kaplan, who
dec ides on the proposals cred
itability Two 400-level credits
are given from the Planning,
Public Policy and Management
Department.
Tuma said it was not the
upper-division credit that made
it worth his while, but rather
the experience as a whole.
“The most rewarding part of
teaching this class is the fact
tli,it I am helping people make
a difference, not only now, but
also in the future."
— Karen McCann
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