SectionsStudents work to improve campus recycling
Lindsay VanQuaethem
Issue date: 9/30/08 Section: News
Student organizations on campus are working to put in a recycling bin at Bear Park South by the end of October where commuter students as well as administration can bring their recyclables.
While standing on the Missouri State campus, if someone were to face a trashcan and make a complete circle, most likely they would see at least four more trashcans, but no recycling bins, said Alexander Wait, academic adviser for Students for a Sustainable Future.
"I have been on campus for about 10 years, and I guess from about the day I got here, I noticed that there was a lack of recycling and or a lack of knowledge of recycling," he said.
Wait said at special events on campus, the administration has not been setting up recycling bins, but the student organizations have taken the initiative and have continued to set up booths.
Student organizations have fought for recycling and sustainability on campus for years.
This year the Sierra Club and Students for a Sustainable Future are working together to put a roll-away recycling bin into Bear Park South for commuter students to place their recyclables.
The student organizations are discussing the initiative with New American Recycling and Waste Corporation.
"We want to put the bin out in the parking garage, I think it will be a great resource for commuters," said Miguel Mejia, president of Sierra Club.
"I know I would rather drive to school and drop off my recyclables than having to drive to a drop-off station," he said.
Mejia said it is still up in the air about how exactly the bin will be executed.
He said the Sierra Club and Students for a Sustainable Future do not know if the bin will be sectioned off by plastic, glass and paper or if all recyclables will be bunched together in one bin.
These student organizations approached the administration about this initiative, but the administration put it completely in the students' hands.
"This initiative will be backed by a grant from Alexander Wait, but students can only do so much," Mejia said. "We can put in all the recycling bins and the signs we want but without administrative help nothing can really change."
While standing on the Missouri State campus, if someone were to face a trashcan and make a complete circle, most likely they would see at least four more trashcans, but no recycling bins, said Alexander Wait, academic adviser for Students for a Sustainable Future.
"I have been on campus for about 10 years, and I guess from about the day I got here, I noticed that there was a lack of recycling and or a lack of knowledge of recycling," he said.
Wait said at special events on campus, the administration has not been setting up recycling bins, but the student organizations have taken the initiative and have continued to set up booths.
Student organizations have fought for recycling and sustainability on campus for years.
This year the Sierra Club and Students for a Sustainable Future are working together to put a roll-away recycling bin into Bear Park South for commuter students to place their recyclables.
The student organizations are discussing the initiative with New American Recycling and Waste Corporation.
"We want to put the bin out in the parking garage, I think it will be a great resource for commuters," said Miguel Mejia, president of Sierra Club.
"I know I would rather drive to school and drop off my recyclables than having to drive to a drop-off station," he said.
Mejia said it is still up in the air about how exactly the bin will be executed.
He said the Sierra Club and Students for a Sustainable Future do not know if the bin will be sectioned off by plastic, glass and paper or if all recyclables will be bunched together in one bin.
These student organizations approached the administration about this initiative, but the administration put it completely in the students' hands.
"This initiative will be backed by a grant from Alexander Wait, but students can only do so much," Mejia said. "We can put in all the recycling bins and the signs we want but without administrative help nothing can really change."
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