Recycle Now
Tamie Hoppe
Issue date: 11/4/04 Section: News
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Everyday, the students at Rockhurst throw away hundreds of unneeded sheets of paper into trash cans, stuff them under the seats of their cars, or simply leave them lying around for the custodians to clean up later. There are blue paper bins in every building to collect these sheets of paper for recycling but many students do not use them. In Sedgwick, there is only one bin in the building on the third floor.
Recycling, therefore, becomes inconvenient. Renee McGautha, secretary of Sedgwick, says that the bins are always full so the faculty and students do use them, but there used to be a bin on every floor. Now there is only a few per building on campus and they're not highly visible making paper recycling inconvenient for some faculty and students.
When asked about other recycling projects on campus, McGautha couldn't think of any. "There used to be recycling for cans but that only lasted a minute." She doesn't know why the can recycling project stopped.
There doesn't seem to be any other recycling program on campus at the moment, but Matthew Quick, Ph.D., associate Vice President for Student Development says that there is a new grant for the Student Senate to establish a recycling program on campus in the near future. Hopefully, Rockhurst will have a recycling program in the near future that will be easy and convenient for the students and staff.
In the meantime, students on and off campus have been a part of other recycling programs. Kristin Ryan, a senior, makes an effort to recycle all her paper in the blue collection bins. She used to be a part of a recycling project during her sophomore year but since then there have not been any programs. She thinks that the administration is willing and that the programs are wanted, but recycling is simply not a big priority for them.
The community around Rockhurst has joined the fight to limit the waste dumped into the landfills of Kansas City. Tianna Alberty, another senior of Rockhurst, lives a few blocks off campus. She participates in the city's new program, RecycleFirst, every week. The program is a curbside recycling program. Every-other week community members put all their recyclables into a special collection bin and their garbage into bags. The recyclables are picked up as well as the trash, making recycling accessible and convenient to all Kansas City Missouri households within the boundaries of the program. The members of the community have responded well to the program so far. The program was started March 1, 2004 and by the 12th week, Kansas City households had already recycled more than 159 tons of recyclable materials. As the program expands its boundaries, Kansas City looks forward to an even greater success rate. For more information about RecycleFirst visit Kansas City's website at http://www.kcmo.org.
Recycling, therefore, becomes inconvenient. Renee McGautha, secretary of Sedgwick, says that the bins are always full so the faculty and students do use them, but there used to be a bin on every floor. Now there is only a few per building on campus and they're not highly visible making paper recycling inconvenient for some faculty and students.
When asked about other recycling projects on campus, McGautha couldn't think of any. "There used to be recycling for cans but that only lasted a minute." She doesn't know why the can recycling project stopped.
There doesn't seem to be any other recycling program on campus at the moment, but Matthew Quick, Ph.D., associate Vice President for Student Development says that there is a new grant for the Student Senate to establish a recycling program on campus in the near future. Hopefully, Rockhurst will have a recycling program in the near future that will be easy and convenient for the students and staff.
In the meantime, students on and off campus have been a part of other recycling programs. Kristin Ryan, a senior, makes an effort to recycle all her paper in the blue collection bins. She used to be a part of a recycling project during her sophomore year but since then there have not been any programs. She thinks that the administration is willing and that the programs are wanted, but recycling is simply not a big priority for them.
The community around Rockhurst has joined the fight to limit the waste dumped into the landfills of Kansas City. Tianna Alberty, another senior of Rockhurst, lives a few blocks off campus. She participates in the city's new program, RecycleFirst, every week. The program is a curbside recycling program. Every-other week community members put all their recyclables into a special collection bin and their garbage into bags. The recyclables are picked up as well as the trash, making recycling accessible and convenient to all Kansas City Missouri households within the boundaries of the program. The members of the community have responded well to the program so far. The program was started March 1, 2004 and by the 12th week, Kansas City households had already recycled more than 159 tons of recyclable materials. As the program expands its boundaries, Kansas City looks forward to an even greater success rate. For more information about RecycleFirst visit Kansas City's website at http://www.kcmo.org.