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Campaign seeks to nix trash-can dependency
RAISA HABERSHAM
Issue date: 4/24/09 Section: News
Reduce, reuse, recycle - it's the motto local sustainability advocates encourage the University to adopt.
Panelists at the event discussed topics including ways students can improve on being eco-friendly and acknowledging what students are doing to make the campus "greener."
The campaign, entitled "It's So Easy Being Green," concluded Earth Day activities on campus. The campaign, sponsored by students in Professor Lynne Sallot's public relations campaign course, included a panel with various backgrounds in sustainability.
The goal of the campaign is to "cover all ground on sustainability and show how easy it is to go green," said Monica Padman, a senior from Duluth.
Padman spearheaded the idea for a sustainability campaign with the Go Green Alliance. Padman said the campaign comes after the referendum passed in the Student Government Association election.
"Because of the Green Initiative Fund, we made stickers and put them on Jittery Joe coffee cups holders, and we wanted to shed light on going green and sustainability at UGA and how it is affecting the school," Padman said.
Andrew Lentini, recycling coordinator for the University, spoke on the University's recycling goals.
"We've done a lot, but still have a long way to go with recycling," he said. "We are working with architects to have paper recycling bins next to The Red & Black bins within the next 60 days."
The use of paper recycling bins will cut down on people wasting paper at bus stops, Lentini said. Of the trash thrown away, 50 percent is recyclable, he said.
The University also plans on replacing all 750 trash cans located around campus with recycling bins or "just not replace them," and get rid of the dependency on trash cans, Lentini said.
"The University has a history of being a trash dumping campus," he said. "It is more efficient to work with a compounder."
The University will save more than $4,000 per month by not using trash services, Lentini said.
Panelists at the event discussed topics including ways students can improve on being eco-friendly and acknowledging what students are doing to make the campus "greener."
The campaign, entitled "It's So Easy Being Green," concluded Earth Day activities on campus. The campaign, sponsored by students in Professor Lynne Sallot's public relations campaign course, included a panel with various backgrounds in sustainability.
The goal of the campaign is to "cover all ground on sustainability and show how easy it is to go green," said Monica Padman, a senior from Duluth.
Padman spearheaded the idea for a sustainability campaign with the Go Green Alliance. Padman said the campaign comes after the referendum passed in the Student Government Association election.
"Because of the Green Initiative Fund, we made stickers and put them on Jittery Joe coffee cups holders, and we wanted to shed light on going green and sustainability at UGA and how it is affecting the school," Padman said.
Andrew Lentini, recycling coordinator for the University, spoke on the University's recycling goals.
"We've done a lot, but still have a long way to go with recycling," he said. "We are working with architects to have paper recycling bins next to The Red & Black bins within the next 60 days."
The use of paper recycling bins will cut down on people wasting paper at bus stops, Lentini said. Of the trash thrown away, 50 percent is recyclable, he said.
The University also plans on replacing all 750 trash cans located around campus with recycling bins or "just not replace them," and get rid of the dependency on trash cans, Lentini said.
"The University has a history of being a trash dumping campus," he said. "It is more efficient to work with a compounder."
The University will save more than $4,000 per month by not using trash services, Lentini said.
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