Recycling on campus is NOT working
by ecoactive - September 23rd, 2009.Filed under: advocacy, photos. Tagged as: recycling.
What is wrong with this picture? Yesterday I was walking around campus and I noticed a rubbish bin next to a recycling bin. The rubbish bin was full.
Intrigued (and a little angry) I had a closer look at what was in the rubbish bin.
Most of this can be recycled! Why isn’t recycling on campus working? What can we do about it? Let’s work together to stop this waste going into landfill.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Effort and thought are the problems. People need to open the recycling bin whereas they can just drop their waste into the waste bin. That requires effort and, in our hyperclean society, touching something that “must be dirty”.
February 15th, 2010 at 12:03 PM
REALLY obvious sign-posting (pictures of products to be recycled) on the bins could help.
I noticed some of the bins have a cut-out hole in the top of the lid, which helps hygiene/ease of access. That doesn’t stop the wrong things going in, though.
General announcements during O-Week would be helpful, making any new students aware of the systems in place.
July 1st, 2010 at 3:21 AM
Recycling is very very important in order to preserve mother earth.;~*