CALIFORNIA'S
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES REINFORCE NEED FOR RECYCLING
Recently,
ten California colleges and universities were awarded grants totaling $75,000 to
help implement recycling collection and outreach programs on their
campuses. The grant
program was made possible through a partnership between the Department of
Conservation and the California Resource Recovery Association. "Partnering with the CRRA to help
encourage beverage container recycling is a natural fit for the DOC," said Carol
Dahmen, California Department of Conservation communications director. Schools
receiving grants include Shasta College, UC Riverside, Santa Monica College, CSU
Chico, UC Davis, California Lutheran University, UC Santa Cruz, CSU San
Bernadino and CSU Long Beach. The
grants are intended to help schools develop recycling programs that integrate
the use of marketing and promotional materials, including those produced under
the Department of Conservation's award-winning campaign "It is very encouraging
to see colleges and universities taking steps to make recycling part of the
campus lifestyle," said Dahmen. "Large
institutions such as colleges and universities generate a significant amount of
the solid waste in California," said Alec Cooley, Chair of the California
Collegiate Recycling Council, the CRRA technical council that organized and is
managing the grant program. "This partnership with the DOC is an exciting
opportunity to help these schools develop the model programs that other
institutions statewide can follow." Grant
funds will be used to purchase various types of collection receptacles and
promotional materials. UC Santa Cruz, for example, plans to purchase "desk-side"
recycling bins and provide waste reduction guides for each of the dorm rooms at
its Merrill College. Santa Monica College intends to produce reusable
multilingual banners and signs to place alongside new "recycling centers" distributed in
prominent locations around campus.
UC Davis will target the Coffee House, a central eatery on campus, by
installing three-chamber "Recycled Recyclers" receptacles that include special
promotional display boards on top.
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