UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 26, Page 12
April 7, 1994
Campus recycling, environmental efforts continue

     Smokers, litter no more-help is on the way. The University is
providing aggregate stone receptacles filled with sand for the use of
smokers across the campus, according to Roger Bowman, grounds supervisor.
Some are already in place and new ones will be installed in the future.
     As smokers on campus have taken to the fresh outdoor air, the problem
now is where to dispose butts before entering smoke-free buildings. Various
make-shift receptacles have been pressed into service by smokers, or butts
have simply been thrown onto the ground. In order to keep the campus
butt-free, the University is placing the receptacles in strategic locations
to encourage their use by staff, visitors and students, Bowman said.

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     Grounds Division is doing its part to keep the campus clean by placing
trash and recycling containers in convenient locations. The rest is up to
you. Take pride in your University and campus by cleaning up your act.
     Give your old exam papers, inkless pens, gum wrappers, day-old bubble
gum, unwanted notices, stale newspapers, MAC no-accounts, unrequited bills,
pencil stubs, fine fast-food dinnerwear, crumpled tissues, empty bottles
and cans, ice cream sticks, unattached bottle caps and aluminun tabs, damp
tea bags, old telephone messages, letters from a former significant other
or from mother, depressing bank statements, valueless coupons-a toss in the
right direction-into the right trash can or recycling container.

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     It is important that employees do not contaminate when recycling. For
best results, separate office paper for recycling. Place high-grade white
paper in a blue plastic recycling folder, put low-grade office paper into a
blue plastic desk side recycling container and deposit other paper into a
trash container. Recently, an entire day's collection of office paper had
to be trashed because of contamination.
     In its efforts to keep the campus clean and to recycle materials, the
Grounds Division is setting up a newspaper recycling container in the
Purnell Hall vicinity for copies of The Review and UpDate. Also, some of
the plastic 55-gallon drums used to collect aluminum cans are being
replaced with more attractive containers, and labeled recycling toters at
dining halls are available for clear, green and brown glass.
                                                  -Sue Swyers Moncure