We have seen significant gains in recycling over the past seven weeks. Each person on campus has averaged 1.02 pounds of waste per day. Of which 23% has been recycled! In the initial week of tracking we recycled approximately 14% of our waste. For the last 2 weeks (excluding spring break) we have recycled 35% of our total waste. We have a way to go to meet our goal of recycling 50% of our total waste by March 28th the last day of RecycleMania.
I believe we can reach our goal if everyone would do just 4 simple things:
1. Move the trash can away from your desk to a location where you will need to walk to it to put trash into it.
2. Put a recycling container as close to your desk as possible.
3. Take the unused paper out of your printer and load with paper that has been printed on one side. When you need clean paper load just enough for the document you are printing.
4. Watch the video Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It will change the way you think about trash.
Monday, March 16, 2009
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