2008 Woodie Awards
ASG passes bill to recommend placement of recycling bins outside campus buildings
Austin R. Fast
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Campus
Reduce, reuse, and recycle. In that order. That was the sentiment at Tuesday's meeting of the Associated Student Government (ASG) student senate.
The organization unanimously passed a resolution encouraging Miami to place outdoor recycling bins in close proximity to current outdoor trash receptacles and to use and reuse sustainable products in all facets of the university.
The bill is one of the few pieces of legislation to be pushed through by the Residence Hall Association (RHA) General Assembly.
Ashley Perry, Bishop Hall's general assembly representative and co-author of the bill, explained that students walking from uptown often consume food and drink along the way to class, but have no method to conveniently recycle plastic, aluminum or paper food containers unless they carry those containers with them into a building.
"If you walk around campus, you don't see any outside recycling receptacles. You only see trash cans," Perry said. "We'd like to recommend to the committee that they consider putting them outside."
Jason Torrence, a fifth-year senior living off-campus, echoed Perry's concerns regarding the lack of outdoor recycling bins.
"I don't know where all the recycling bins are on campus, so I usually just end up throwing things away," Torrence said. "It would definitely encourage me to recycle if (the bins) were outside."
Sophomore senator Adam Harris, a sponsor of the bill, explained that physical facilities at Miami have a recycling department that should be able to handle the additional recycling from on-campus bins.
"It's been effectively implemented at a number of institutions, and we think it can be done here too," Harris said.
Jen House, secretary of off-campus affairs, believes that the physical presence of recycling bins on campus could encourage recycling even when students are off-campus.
"If you can recycle on campus when you're outside, it's a constant reminder to recycle when you're at home or in the dorm," House said.
Kristin Anderle, a sophomore resident of MacCracken Hall, agrees that recycling efforts at Miami could benefit from installing outdoor recycling containers.
"I was very gung-ho about recycling when I came to Miami and have recently become comfortable throwing away plastic bottles in the trash," Anderle said. "If recycling bins were right next to every trash can I would for sure recycle."
The organization unanimously passed a resolution encouraging Miami to place outdoor recycling bins in close proximity to current outdoor trash receptacles and to use and reuse sustainable products in all facets of the university.
The bill is one of the few pieces of legislation to be pushed through by the Residence Hall Association (RHA) General Assembly.
Ashley Perry, Bishop Hall's general assembly representative and co-author of the bill, explained that students walking from uptown often consume food and drink along the way to class, but have no method to conveniently recycle plastic, aluminum or paper food containers unless they carry those containers with them into a building.
"If you walk around campus, you don't see any outside recycling receptacles. You only see trash cans," Perry said. "We'd like to recommend to the committee that they consider putting them outside."
Jason Torrence, a fifth-year senior living off-campus, echoed Perry's concerns regarding the lack of outdoor recycling bins.
"I don't know where all the recycling bins are on campus, so I usually just end up throwing things away," Torrence said. "It would definitely encourage me to recycle if (the bins) were outside."
Sophomore senator Adam Harris, a sponsor of the bill, explained that physical facilities at Miami have a recycling department that should be able to handle the additional recycling from on-campus bins.
"It's been effectively implemented at a number of institutions, and we think it can be done here too," Harris said.
Jen House, secretary of off-campus affairs, believes that the physical presence of recycling bins on campus could encourage recycling even when students are off-campus.
"If you can recycle on campus when you're outside, it's a constant reminder to recycle when you're at home or in the dorm," House said.
Kristin Anderle, a sophomore resident of MacCracken Hall, agrees that recycling efforts at Miami could benefit from installing outdoor recycling containers.
"I was very gung-ho about recycling when I came to Miami and have recently become comfortable throwing away plastic bottles in the trash," Anderle said. "If recycling bins were right next to every trash can I would for sure recycle."
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