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Sustainability & Recycling . . .
Why is recycling important?
- Saves Energy
- Saves money and land
space
- Reduces air and water
pollution
- Creates jobs
- Preserves wildlife
- Saves natural resources
This image is of
items discarded by Winthrop students during move
out at the end of the 2011/12 acadmic year. Much
of this 'trash' could have been recycled or
donated. What else do you notice about the
'trash' that was discarded?
New recycling signage being rolled out . . .
The following materials
can be recycled in common areas on campus:
- Mixed office paper,
magazines and newspaper
- Corrugated cardboard (in
designated dumpsters)
- Telephone books
- Plastics
with numbers 1-7
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Toner and inkjet cartridges
WECARE Building
Representatives in each building
are available to the assist the Sustainability
Communicate communicate more effectively when
integrating sustainable practices and address issues
in those buildings where a sustainable practices are
not being followed.
This program also
will allow the
WECARE Building
Representatives to field
specific questions about issues that building
occupants may have in their building. A list
of
WECARE Building
Representatives is available
that
lists
the volunteer in each building.
To ask specific questions
about recycling, please contact
Tim Hill
at 323-2318 or
Chris Johnson at
323-2389.
For additional information about
recycling at Withrop University, visit the
Facilities Management
web page.
The following items
are recycled on campus in select locations:
- Batteries
- Smart
classroom projection bulbs
- Fluorescent lamps
- High intensity discharge
lamps
- Lamp ballasts
- Thermostats, switches and alarm pull
stations that contain mercury
Contact
Mitzi Stewart
for more information about the proper procedure for
recycling these items.
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