Recycling at Lafayette College

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Recycling at Lafayette College

• RA/OL presentation
• Updated for 2008

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Recycling at Lafayette

• Why Recycle?
• Recycling in Residence Halls
• Common Problems and Solutions

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Why Recycle?

• Recycling conserves natural resources.

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Why Recycle?

• Recycling generates less trash.

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Why Recycle?

• Recycling saves energy.

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Why Recycle?

• Recycling reduces pollution.

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Why else?

• Recycling encourages people to think about the
  environment and the consequences of their
  everyday actions.

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What can you recycle at Lafayette?

• Aluminum and tin cans
• Glass bottles
• Plastics - 1 and 2

These are recycled together (commingled) on every
floor.
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What else can you recycle at Lafayette?

• Mixed paper (white, colored, magazines,
  cereal-box paperboard
• Newspaper

These are recycled separately on the first floor
of every residence hall.
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What aboutcorrugated cardboard?

• It cant be recycled in with the mixed paper or
  elsewhere in the dorms.
• Central pickup locations include the Farinon and
  Marquis loading docksbring your corrugated
  cardboard here for recycling.

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Corrugated cardboard move in

• Cardboard will be picked up from residence halls
  on moving-in day.
• Leave cardboard boxes near trash disposal areas
  but dont mix them with trash. The custodians
  will recycle the cardboard.

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Problems with recyclingContamination

• Custodians will throw away the contents of a
  recycle bin if it looks like trash.
• Talk to residents of your floor about
  contamination.
• Make sure recycle bins are well labeled and have
  clear plastic bags.

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If a custodian is throwing away recyclables

• Talk to him or her about it - there may be a good
  reason.
• Email recycle_at_lafayette.edu if the problem
  continues.
• The goal is to have a working recycling program,
  not to get anyone in trouble.

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Ways to encourage recycling

• Talk to residents about recycling and
  environmental issues.
• Deal with contamination problems so people trust
  the recycling program.
• Post recycling information on bulletin boards.

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