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Western Carolinian Volume 69 Number 12

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Recycling at Western more complicated than you might think by Sergio Ortiz WCnewsmagazine We all know that recycling is a very important thing to do in order to help out the environment and just to keep our landscapes looking good. The biggest question that would come to mind to a fellow student or staff person at WCU is, do we even have recycle bins here? And the next question and/or doubt would be, where does the recycled material go? Hopefully through this article these questions that plague us can be answered. WCU does recycle, believe it or not. On our campus we even have a recycling facility. Terry Riouff, Coordinator of Campus Recycling, explained how recycled materials are handled: Housekeepers collect the recycled paper that may be in an office or classroom and proceed to take it to a container outside the building, located by the trash, explained Riouff. Someone employed by WCU collects the paper and takes it to our recycling center where it is put in a container till enough is accumulated to be shipped off to a recycling plant in South Carolina. Even the food that we throw away after eating in any of our fine cafeterias is recycled. Scraps of food are put in a cold room which Dodson and Brown Cafeteria have, and every few weeks farmers come buy the scraps for their hog farms, explained Riouff. However, there are measures taken with certain materials in order for them to be disposed of safely. Glass, lights and ink cartridges are put in containers and collected. The materials then go to our recycling center and then to Jackson County's recycling center, explained Riouff. The journey does not end there for recycled materials. The materials are later taken to a totally automated recycling facility in South Carolina, where they are processed for reuse. What we recycle does not just end up ina landfill somewhere, explained Riouff in response to the belief that many people tend to share. Going through with recycling at Western is not the easiest thing in the world. For starters, students dont sort out things that they could recycle. Students know that recycling is beneficial, but they just don't go through with it. Another problem is that there are not a lot of containers available to put recycled materials, and that is because of the lack of resources available to the Facilities Management Department. When we recycle things and then send them off, Western gets a certain amount of money back. Unfortunately because recycling is not commonly done on campus, Western is charged $45 for every ton of trash collected, apart from $125 that Garbage Disposal Services (GDS) charges every time it picks up trash at a hall. Because so much money is being taken to pay for the disposal of our trash, less money is available to hire workers for the recycling center. Right now we have only one person going around and collecting the recycled materials, said Riouff. Riouff also explained that they had a couple of students working but with only one main person working all the time, the person gets overwhelmed with everything that has to be done. Manpower is the biggest thing we need. So who ultimately can solve these problems? In recycling, you and | can do our part in being more conscious about recycling. The campus, in general, needs to be informed of how recycling works, and that information could be given by organizations or clubs. It needs to be put out there, or else it will not be done, Riouff explained. For those who do recycle, then, the frustration can come from not having enough containers and just not having enough manpower. For all these problems, administration could do a lot more in spreading the FYI and looking for more resources in order to hire more staff for the Services on campus encourage recycling by Kelli E. McNaire WCnewsmagazine Currently, on Western Carolinas campus, to-go packaging is widely used in our dining facilities. This type of single-service packaging includes waxed paper cups and paper plates, which are not recyclable because the cost of removing the wax from the paper is expensive; however, without the help of wax, a paper cup would leak. These factors that contribute to campus trash help constrain Food Services from using reusable items and keep Facilities Management from being able to recycle more materials. Michelle Crowe, Food Service Director, said, We are also constrained by the packaging available to us from our suppliers and the specified packaging required by Chick-fil-A, Sbarros, etc. Crowe also had a recent conversation with the Student Government Association about recycling efforts. SGA is currently doing some research regarding the kinds of products that can be recycled in this area. Even though there is not much that Food Services can do about items that can not be recycled, they break down cardboard boxes so that they can be disposed of properly. 2000- 2001 2001- 2002 WCnewsmagazine recycling center. As a last note, Riouff explained, It is worth it in the end to recycle. The most important thing is for the environment and our health, but also to cut down on the costs of trying to discard all our waste. There you have it! It is now up to you to do something about recycling. Do whatever it takes to recycle and talk to administration about helping out | with the problems our campus has with recycling. Recycling is not that hard and the benefits are a better environment and a cleaner campus. What do you prefer to see while you are driving down a nice landscape, a great vegetated sight, or an 13 overflowing landfill with a pungent smell? For more information about recycling please contact Facilities Management at 227-7224. 2003- 2004 2002- 2003 Graph by Kelli E. McNair & Trash Consumed in Tons

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - Date original: 2005-03-15
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  - Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 32
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_2005-03-15_Vol69_No12
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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