Re: [greenyes] Campus Recycling - Year End

[Lisa Heller <Lisa_Heller@no.address>]

Hi Pete and others,

You raise an interesting point when you say that most colleges have 
some sort of recovery program... Please correct me if I am 
misinformed, but it has been my experience that most residence halls 
don't have established programs in place - most programs seem to be 
initiated by individuals, are not institutionally sponsored or funded 
programs (i.e. facilities and custodial workers are rarely 
responsible for collection and pickup of items), and in many cases 
only offer clothes and food recovery collection. Most schools in my 
experience DO in fact "simply toss the items" due to the sheer bulk 
and magnitude of the problem during moveout.

Perhaps I am jaded, but folks such as those of us on list servs such 
as this one are the exception to the rule.

Lisa


> Thanks, Peter for sharing this.   As a college waste manager, I 
> don't really see the "newsworthiness" of this article, since unlike 
> the article implies, most schools with on-campus residents do not 
> "simply toss the...items", but have some reuse/recovery programs for 
> them.
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> Pete Pasterz, Manager
> Office of Recycling and Waste Management
> Michigan State University
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> Chair, College and University Recycling Council
> National Recycling Coalition
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> "UNLESS someone like YOU cares a whole awful lot,
>  nothing is going to get better.   It's not." -- The Lorax
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> > > >  "Peter Anderson" <anderson@no.address> 05/21/03 01:05PM >>>
> from the 5/20/03 Christian Science Monitor:
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> Pennsylvania State University has undertaken a massive new recycling
> program -- not for paper or plastics or food waste, but for the
> mammoth piles of stuff that students leave behind at the end of every
> school year, from sneakers to TVs to sofas.  The end-of-term junk
> problem grew into a major headache on U.S. campuses during the 1990s,
> as students brought more and more stuff with them to school.  Many
> colleges and universities just toss the left-behind items into
> dumpsters, but Albert Matyasovsky of Penn State couldn't bear to see
> all those useful goods sent to landfills, so last year he funneled
> the detritus to the campus stadium for a massive flea market.  This
> "trash-to-treasure" sale raised $15,000 for United Way and is now set
> to become an annual event.  Other colleges are partnering with a
> Massachusetts nonprofit called Dump and Run that helps them set up a
> system for collecting student castoffs, selling them, and channeling
> the proceeds toward nonprofits.
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> ______________________________
> Peter Anderson
> RECYCLEWORLDS CONSULTING Corp
> 4513 Vernon Blvd. Suite 15
> Madison, WI 53705
> Ph:    (608) 231-1100
> Fax:   (608) 233-0011
> Cell    (608) 438-9062
> email: anderson@no.address
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Lisa K. Heller
Lisa_Heller@no.address

Director,Providence Urban Debate League
Founder, Dump & Run Inc.
Swearer Center for Public Service, Brown University
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