Recycling in Residential Life

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Recycling in Residential Life

• Dan McCabe, Tremain Hatch, Christine Berryman,
  Eliza Janney, and Beth Orcutt

http//www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/w
m/recycle/Paint/color_intro.htm
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History of the Residential Life Recycling Program

• Program started 10 years ago
• Varying degrees of success
• Not very high student participation
• Green Campus Committee established in 1998 to
  support environmental awareness and support the
  recycling program
• Position of campus environmental coordinator is
  created to oversee environmental issues at the
  college

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Different types of Recycling Containers
Versus
Large blue containers are available on each floor
of every hall for community use
Each room has small blue recycling containers for
individual use
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Recycling and Waste Management

• Team Recycle Program ( how does it work?)
• What exactly does Guilford recycle?
• Where do our recyclables go?
• How successful is Guilford in recycling?

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Recycling and Waste Management

• Team Recycle is part of the Environmental
  Services Dept. for Greensboro
• Guilford uses Team Recycle, a free service.
• Guilford recycles 10 different materials
  office/computer paper, plastic soda bottles (1),
  plastic milk or water jugs (2), newspapers,
  magazines, aluminum cans, tin cans, empty aerosol
  cans, corrugated cardboard, and chip board.

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Recycling and Waste Management

• Recyclables go to Fairfield County Recycling
  (FCR).
• Student recycling always needs improvement.

http//www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/env_svcs/sws/SWShom
e.html
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Sheer Amount Of Waste

• Less than half of materials could be recyclable
  are not
• Half of materials that are put in to be
  recyclable are contaminated

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College Procedures

• On campus 5 trash dumpsters and 4 recycling
  dumpsters
• One on campus trash compactor/dumpster
• Each room has an individual recycling bins
• Monday and Thursday recycling is picked up
• Not efficient

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Recycling Survey

• 65 that were surveyed considered themselves
  consistent recyclers
• 88 that were surveyed thought they knew what
  could and could not be recycled

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Recycling Survey
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Recycling Survey
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Recycling Survey
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Improvements that Guilford College can make

• CHAOS Introduction to Program
• Green Trash Bags
• Pamphlets and Flyers
• Environmental Coordinator Position
• Purchasing of Recycled Products

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What YOU Can Do

• Read the signs
• Empty cans and bottles before tossing them
• Breakdown Cardboard
• No food products

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References

• City Of Greensboro. Evironmental Services
  Departement. Online 15 Nov 2002.
  http//www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/env_svcs/
• The Green Campus Committee. Guilford College
  Environmental Impact Statement. Oct. 2002
• Thielen, Jonathan. Editorial submission for The
  Guilfordian.
• Thielen, Jonathan. Personal Interview. 11 Nov.
  2002.