Residence Hall Recycling Program

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Residence Hall Recycling Program

• Prepared By
• Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
• www.mpcer.nau.edu

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Where We Stand

• 1655 tons of waste sent to landfill each year
  from NAU
• 960 tons of that waste is recyclable
• 58 of NAUs waste at the landfill is recyclable

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Recycling Efficiency vs. New Production
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Recycling Impact Reduction

• Recycling is as much as 95 more energy efficient
  than new production
• Our Landfills are rapidly becoming full
  Recycling reduces the amount of material in
  landfills
• Less Energy Use Lower Carbon Emissions
• Reducing NAUs contribution to global warming
• We can easily fix this problem
• how??

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Recycling is Easy

• Almost all your trash is recyclable!
• Put it in the right can.
• Put it in the right dumpster.
• Point it out when you see someone doing it wrong.

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In Your Dorm Room

• There is a recycling can and a trash can in each
  dorm room
• Recycling can is marked with the recycling symbol
  and lists all the
• materials which can be
• recycled

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What gets recycled?

• Cardboard (break down your boxes!)
• Paperboard (cereal boxes, etc.)
• Aluminum Cans (empty, of course)

• Paper (Newspaper, Magazines, Junk mail, writing
  paper)
• Plastic (1 2) (empty and remove caps)
• Steel Cans other metal

No Glass Please!
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What kind of bag are you using?

• For Recyclables
• -NO BAG IS BEST!
• makes it easier for workers to sort through
• -PLEASE, NO COLORED BAGS!
• workers at the recycling center wont even open
  a colored bag due to safety hazards

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What Goes in the Trash?

• Food waste
• Anything Wet or Nasty

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Whats Next?

• Two Dumpster System
• Brown Dumpsters
• TRASH ONLY!!
• Everything in these dumpsters is taken directly
  to the landfill
• Green Dumpsters
• RECYCLABLES ONLY!!
• Everything in these dumpsters is taken to the
  recycling center and sorted out

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GLASS RECYCLNG

• Due to safety hazards GLASS CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN
  RECYCLING CONTAINERS
• Remember Workers will be sorting
  recyclables by hand
• Glass can be recycled in the parking lot outside
  of Mountain View

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Recycling Bin Locations
Green Dumpster
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Whats the goal again?

• Reduce recyclables being sent to landfill
• 58 of materials sent to landfill by NAU are
  recyclable
• Takes up more space in landfill
• Uses more energy due to production of new goods
• Recycling is as much as 95 more efficient than
  producing new material

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Solutions

• Everyone needs to help out by recycling
• Its easy!
• Dont be afraid to point it out to other people
• If someones misusing the binstell them!! We
  need to work together
• REMEMBER
• GREEN BIN Recycling
• BROWN BIN Trash

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Questions

• If you have questions
• Just read the side of the recycling can in your
  room.it explains everything
• Call The Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental
  Research
• 523-6221
• 523-5309