Glass doesn't just grow on trees you know
Jenny Ball
Issue date: 3/5/04 Section: Opinion
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Recently, I heard some comments from concerned students about inadequate recycling services here at Hendrix and in Conway, and most referred to the lack of glass recycling.
The members of Environmental Concerns Committee (ECC) have recently launched a pilot program to recycle glass. The city's sanitation department currently recycles newspaper, office paper, cardboard, metal, 1 and 2 coded plastic bottles, Styrofoam packing, magazines, motor oil and car batteries.
These materials, after they are processed at the plant, are sold to various companies. And for a few years, Conway continued to recycle clear glass, even though it was not profitable to do so.
During this time, ECC theoretically collected colored glass from campus and transported it to a facility where colored glass could be recycled, but this was not successful. Colored glass was collected in plastic bags at each residence hall and had to be transported to the white house, where someone would pick it up and drive it to a recycling plant. Broken glass would often rip the bags open, and ECC had trouble finding someone to regularly pick up the glass.
Last school year, the city stopped collecting clear glass altogether, and it was sad to see all of the bottles leftover from parties and other events tossed in the trash. ECC wanted to recycle these bottles, but they needed to have a better plan than the one before. In response to this problem, junior Jeremy Gottfried proposed program for collecting glass in plastic bins instead of bags, and this year ECC implemented this program.
Currently, glass bins are located in the first floor kitchens of all the residence halls, except in Hardin, where the bin is located in the vending machine room on the first floor.
If you live in the New Houses, there are bins available for you to pick up; just contact sophomore Jillian Gilbert, the newly appointed Glass Coordinator, whose information will be below. These bins are commingled, which means that both colored and clear glass bottles are acceptable. Please rinse all bottles and remove caps before placing them into the bins. Jillian also wants everyone to know that "the recycling bins are not a depository for stolen cafeteria dishes."
Thus far most of the glass collected comes from Martin and Couch, which is anything but surprising if you've been in either hall during a weekend. The commingled glass drop off station is located at the Maumelle Department of Public Works on 425 B Hyman Drive, which is about ten minutes away from Lake Liquor; therefore, it would be easy to drop off a load of glass during a liquor run. Jillian and those involved need help driving full bins to the drop off station. If you would like help out, please contact her at 336-5151.
The members of Environmental Concerns Committee (ECC) have recently launched a pilot program to recycle glass. The city's sanitation department currently recycles newspaper, office paper, cardboard, metal, 1 and 2 coded plastic bottles, Styrofoam packing, magazines, motor oil and car batteries.
These materials, after they are processed at the plant, are sold to various companies. And for a few years, Conway continued to recycle clear glass, even though it was not profitable to do so.
During this time, ECC theoretically collected colored glass from campus and transported it to a facility where colored glass could be recycled, but this was not successful. Colored glass was collected in plastic bags at each residence hall and had to be transported to the white house, where someone would pick it up and drive it to a recycling plant. Broken glass would often rip the bags open, and ECC had trouble finding someone to regularly pick up the glass.
Last school year, the city stopped collecting clear glass altogether, and it was sad to see all of the bottles leftover from parties and other events tossed in the trash. ECC wanted to recycle these bottles, but they needed to have a better plan than the one before. In response to this problem, junior Jeremy Gottfried proposed program for collecting glass in plastic bins instead of bags, and this year ECC implemented this program.
Currently, glass bins are located in the first floor kitchens of all the residence halls, except in Hardin, where the bin is located in the vending machine room on the first floor.
If you live in the New Houses, there are bins available for you to pick up; just contact sophomore Jillian Gilbert, the newly appointed Glass Coordinator, whose information will be below. These bins are commingled, which means that both colored and clear glass bottles are acceptable. Please rinse all bottles and remove caps before placing them into the bins. Jillian also wants everyone to know that "the recycling bins are not a depository for stolen cafeteria dishes."
Thus far most of the glass collected comes from Martin and Couch, which is anything but surprising if you've been in either hall during a weekend. The commingled glass drop off station is located at the Maumelle Department of Public Works on 425 B Hyman Drive, which is about ten minutes away from Lake Liquor; therefore, it would be easy to drop off a load of glass during a liquor run. Jillian and those involved need help driving full bins to the drop off station. If you would like help out, please contact her at 336-5151.
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