New pilot program to boost campus-wide recycling
Megan Parin
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: News
University of Cincinnati Facilities Management Department and Utilities Services is scheduled to kick off a pilot recycling program next month as part of a campus-wide effort to encourage sustainability in the UC community.
The new recycling program is funded by a $15,000 grant from Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District and a supplementary $15,000 awarded by UC.
The funds are slated to supply 100 22-gallon recycling bins to be placed throughout all West Campus instructional buildings and 11 6-yard recycling dumpsters to be placed in designated Main Campus zones.
UC's current recycling program includes 117 90-gallon mixed office paper recycling receptacles located across 33 Main Campus and Academic Health Center buildings.
The new recycling program is set to operate on a single-stream system that allows all recyclable materials to be put in one dumpster, rather than separated into individual bins. Shaun Finley, Utilities Services' energy sustainability coordinator, said he thinks the single-stream system will generate more program involvement.
"Single-stream recycling takes the time out of sorting or finding the right bin," Finley said. "It's the same concept as using the trash."
As part of the recycling program, a Pitch-In challenge is scheduled to be held April 1 to April 30 to spread awareness about sustainability.
The challenge is designed to be a competition between UC's colleges and includes tallying the weight of recycled waste in Pitch-In bins around Main Campus buildings. The college that recycles the most waste during the month of April will be awarded a yet-to-be-determined incentive prize.
A follow-up Pitch-In challenge is scheduled to be held Oct. 1 to Oct. 31.
Finley said the program is an avenue to transform UC into a more environmentally conscious institution.
"We have to reduce waste by increasing recycling," Finley said. "My hope is we become the Jolly Green Giant."
The new recycling program is funded by a $15,000 grant from Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District and a supplementary $15,000 awarded by UC.
The funds are slated to supply 100 22-gallon recycling bins to be placed throughout all West Campus instructional buildings and 11 6-yard recycling dumpsters to be placed in designated Main Campus zones.
UC's current recycling program includes 117 90-gallon mixed office paper recycling receptacles located across 33 Main Campus and Academic Health Center buildings.
The new recycling program is set to operate on a single-stream system that allows all recyclable materials to be put in one dumpster, rather than separated into individual bins. Shaun Finley, Utilities Services' energy sustainability coordinator, said he thinks the single-stream system will generate more program involvement.
"Single-stream recycling takes the time out of sorting or finding the right bin," Finley said. "It's the same concept as using the trash."
As part of the recycling program, a Pitch-In challenge is scheduled to be held April 1 to April 30 to spread awareness about sustainability.
The challenge is designed to be a competition between UC's colleges and includes tallying the weight of recycled waste in Pitch-In bins around Main Campus buildings. The college that recycles the most waste during the month of April will be awarded a yet-to-be-determined incentive prize.
A follow-up Pitch-In challenge is scheduled to be held Oct. 1 to Oct. 31.
Finley said the program is an avenue to transform UC into a more environmentally conscious institution.
"We have to reduce waste by increasing recycling," Finley said. "My hope is we become the Jolly Green Giant."
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Beth Subler
posted 1/31/08 @ 12:32 PM EST
This is an informative, well written article. I'm very happy to read that UC is providing a recycling program. Our hometown community recycles,as well as my own family. (Continued…)
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