{"id":22012310,"date":"2017-02-27T20:17:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T03:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22012310"},"modified":"2017-02-27T20:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T03:17:26","slug":"apathy-awareness-usu-initiates-new-recycling-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/apathy-awareness-usu-initiates-new-recycling-week\/","title":{"rendered":"From apathy to awareness: USU initiates new Recycling Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Utah State University-sponsored recycling awareness event began today in the Taggart Student Center\u2019s Hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event was a collaboration between by USU\u2019s Recycling center, Dining Services and Student Sustainability Office and will take place every day this week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. During these times, volunteers will be available in the Hub to instruct students about recycling correctly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New recycling bins will have sensors with 25 phrases thanking people who recycle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bins with lids will replace the the old ones as well as the shadow box signs that were there before. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe new lids in the Hub will require a little more effort from students. For those who want to recycle, it won\u2019t be a problem,\u201d said Dining Services executive director Alan Andersen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspiration for the event arose as a result of some of the campus community placing recyclable items in the incorrect bins. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRecycle awareness week is about informing the campus community and hopefully reducing the apathy about recycling,\u201dAndersen said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make recycling make economic sense, the USU Recycling Center relies on students who eat in the Hub to sort recyclable items. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andersen mentioned that the public wouldn&#8217;t want to pay extra for food items to employ someone to sort. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe can\u2019t pay to sort. We rely on the consumer to sort,\u201d Andersen said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USU Dining Services is making an effort to make recycling socially acceptable. Andersen wants students to be willing to recycle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem has become noticeable to students. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI look inside different bins and there&#8217;s stuff in there that should be in other bins. It\u2019s a problem,\u201d said Ethan Hammer, freshman conservation and restoration ecology major. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycling and waste intern Paige Morgan initiated an audit system where students will be able to see how much recycled materials are being collected. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan will use a scale showing the amount of material being recycled. Contamination will be sorted out. Then, the actual recycled materials will be weighed and the rate of contaminated material or recycled material will be announced to the public. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy goal for the audit is to see that there is an improvement from the contamination to recycling ratio. I hope that recycling is a lot higher than the contamination and that the recycling is highly usable,\u201d Morgan said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan said she is grateful for the 17 volunteers who stepped up to help raise recycling awareness. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many sustainability organizations on campus that brought in volunteers, including the USU Sustainability Club, the student sustainability office and the Student Organization for Society and Natural Resources, as well as natural resources classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hammer said he grew up loving service and is passionate about sustainability. \u00a0For him, this event is \u201ca good combination of both.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<a href=\"mailto:-b96russell@gmail.com\">b96russell@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@bjr24601<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Ethan Babcock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Utah State University-sponsored recycling awareness event began today in the Taggart Student Center\u2019s Hub. 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