Gently Used Thrift Shop
Quality clothing for men. women and
children, books, housewares, collectibles
and small appliances
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EUGENE
1149 WNamette
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
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RESALE CLOTHING
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DAVIS
Continued from Pate 5B
Texas, where the consciousness far that sort of thing
wasn't really prevalent-1 remember picking up scrap
metal along the sides of the highways and road
ways and taking it to the local salvage yard. 1 estab
lished regular beer can pick-ups at local bars My
efforts only payed for the gas it tixik me to do it but
I felt good about doing it.
ODE: Was it difficult to learn all the details of
effective paper recycling?
Davis. It wasn't for me because 1 was exposed
to it everyday and in order for me to feel satisfied
about how I was doing on the )ob I hxskcd at it as
a mandatory sort of thing, very challenging, hut
not unlike any other sort of job where you have to
stay up-to-date.
ODE Do you educate others as well when you
are working on campus?
Davis Yeah. I really enjoy that. As far as I'm
concerned, any questions arc significant... regard
less of how simple it might he. I do my host to give
them a lot of positive feedback it they approach
me
ODE. Is the program self-sustaining? Do you
make enough through selling the paper to cover
your costs?
Davis It depends on Ih>w comprehensively you
look at the situation. Il you take into considera
tion ih.u if it wasn’t material being recycled it would
have to he handled some other way.
When I first began the program there was an
average of 10 tons a month that was more than
likely going into the garbage, into tbe landfill It
yt>u incorporate that into the equation and add the
fact that the markets have increased significantly
just recently, ait wig wuh tlx- overwhelming response
from the people across campus that want the recy
cling program to happen, you can make an argu
ment it's making money.
ODE Are other universities following your lead
m regards to recycling?
Dm vis We have been contacted somewhat from
other universities who heard that we had a really
good program and wanted to see if we could try to
help them out. We feel honored to be able to help
them.
ODE: How much paper do you collect in a day
or month?
Davis: My service jurisdiction incorporates a
little over 400 collection sites across campus and
a vast majority of those arc picked up at least once
a week.
Right now wc are averaging around 35 tons a
month of paper material. We have done a maxi
mum of 50 tons a month.
ODE You have student workers that work for
you picking up paper and sorting, but how much
of that do you do yourself?
Davis That's the beauty of my job. It's not set
in concrete how I activate myself on a daily basis.
One of the really beautiful things that suits my per
sonality is that I'm now in the position to keep it
all balanced. I do managerial level things and bal
ance those with the labor aspect ol it. The two
often overlap because I'm a walking-talking PR
person everywhere I go.
ODE: Is it difficult working on campus where
there is the possibility of having so many differ
ent people asking for separate things?
Davis: It’s really interesting, sometimes it gets
to lx- the challenge of my job. But, due to the Phys
ical Plant's efforts to recognize our program and
try to set us up with the resources to provide gtxxl,
quality service, it has improved dramatically.
I adore the challenges that I’m faced with
because it inspires me to go beyond myself and learn
new things It's like I'm growing with it and there
is a real beauty in that.
We all choose what we experience in life and
we are all responsible for what we experience and
it just depends on how much quality we want to
put into that. I enjoy the process very much and
1 really feel like 1 experience that in the process
of doing my job.
Carrie Fenelon
Ever-Increasing
Our Recycling Efforts
Since 1988.