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Quick Service and a Pair Price™ http://www.efn.org/~sgazette/pizzaoipeline.html Eugene Hotline t 8 824 Charnelton Street EMU polystyrene ban questioned ■ DEBATE: Potential vendors suggest recyclable Styrofoam as a substitute for non recyclable paper cups By Angie Suchy Student Activities Reporter The EMU banned it and so did the city of Portland. It is considered “the mark of a disposable society” by Campus Recycling Manager Karyn Kaplan. Yet polystyrene — a.k.a. food grade Styrofoam—is now herald ed by some restaurants and food service providers as recyclable and therefore ideal, said Brian Fuller, General Manager of BRING recycling, a local recycling re source. In addition, food vendors bidding on new EMU space are pushing for a revision in the ven dor contract forbidding the use of Styrofoam in the EMU. "We are truly striving for a bal ance between business and envi ronmental issues,” Jason Landau, president of local cafe Andrew Smash. “And we feel strongly against using non-recyclable pa per cups.” The EMU is working to priori tize local businesses in the new EMU vendor space, but the com panies must operate on the EMU terms specified in the vendor con tract, including the Styrofoam pol icy, said EMU Director Dusty Miller. Vendor proposals have a set criteria where the EMU Board of Directors have ultimate negoti ating say. “I don't see any circumstances currently where the EMU Board would evaluate and accept the use of Styrofoam,” Miller said. ASUO Environmental Coordi nator Kit Mayer said he is con cerned that if any company is able to “sneak by” the policy and use materials he calls environmental ly unsound, there will be a general trend away from recycling. ‘I’m concerned about the com pany overriding the existing poli cy by working to convince the [EMU] Board that Styrofoam is okay,” Mayer said. “There needs to be a strong connection between potentially buried policies and new materials moving in. ” University members involved in this debate agree that reusable mugs and containers are ideal for vendors. However, even with reusable mugs already common on campus, Kaplan is not satisfied with the amount of products being recycled. "Styrofoam would just show the dichotomy between giving stu dents reusable mugs and increas ing cups and increasing the amount of all disposables,” Ka plan said. “And the market for Sty rofoam recycling is nearly ex tinct.” Fuller said the market for the food-grade polystyrene recycling is limited to three markets nation wide. BRING collects local poly styrene and ships it to a recycling plant in California. “The market for polystyrene is decreasing — the pay is less and less for the truckloads we send South,” Fuller said. Kaplan also said the poly styrene recycling market is unsta ble, and that next to reusables, pa per products are recycled at a higher rate. Landau doesn’t share this view and said he hopes more techniques for processing and re cycling polystyrene will be devel oped. “I look at a paper cup and know it’s going nowhere except the landfill,” Landau said. “And poly styrene is cheaper, and if we used other products, our staff would go way up because of the sanitation necessary.” In order to be recycled, food grade polystyrene must be washed. Kaplan said this task is a dilemma should polystyrene be allowed on campus. “Campus recycling doesn’t want the burden of washing poly styrene,” she said. “And huge de bates about whether polystyrene is now ‘okay’ have concluded that blowing agents such as benzene used in the production are still eat ing the ozone, entering the water and recognized as cancer-causing agents.” Landau said his company will bid on a lease of the new EMU space and is thinking seriously about what choices the company will make, he said. Miller agreed the Styrofoam ban is likely to be upheld. “Some companies do use prod ucts we don’t allow, and some say it’s a challenge to change,” Miller said. “But they know they don’t have much choice if they want to operate in the EMU.” Kaplan also recognized the campus support in favor of the ban. The ASUO, the University Environmental Issues Committee and the Campus Recycling Pro gram support the ban as it stands, Kaplan said. Funds approved for computer specialist The ASUO Student Senate con vened Thursday night to approve a special request from the ASUO Executive. The Senate granted $2,700 from the surplus fund to pay for a computer support spe cialist. "There is no one out of the ASUO to service any ASUO [stu dent] programs if they have trou bles with their computers,” ASUO Vice President Glen Ban field said. A University student will be hired to fill the position, which will pay $6.75 an hour. “It’s a steal, a bargain at that rate,” Banfield said. Designated driver shuttle extends route The ASUO Designated Driver Shuttle added a few more stops to its route yesterday. Beginning this weekend, the shuttle will be able to pick up in toxicated University students from fraternity houses, co-ops and private residences, said Ryan Osi tis, the shuttle’s director. “I saw alcohol as a problem on campus,” he said. “I’d rather have [drunks] off the road.” The shuttle had agreed not to pick up people from non-licensed establishments to get a grant from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Ositis said. However, the shuttle did not re ceive a MADD grant this year be cause it was funded by the Stu dent Senate, he explained. YURI ROZUM RETURNS! 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