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Students seek more opportunities to recycle at the university
Paige Gabriel
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: News
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By Paige Gabriel
Staff Reporter
The university has a voluntary recycling program in place, but students and the university want to create more opportunities for recycling.
Bins for recycling paper can be found in the classrooms of most buildings on campus, and Holt Hall has several bins for recycling aluminum.
In addition to collecting trash from trash cans, the university custodians collect the paper from these bins so that the university can recycle it.
Chuck Cantrell, assistant vice chancellor of university relations, expressed his concern over the community's lack of concern over recycling.
"It is disappointing that Chattanooga is having to look at redoing their recycling program due to lack of interest and participation," Cantrell said.
"Part of the college education is learning to be a responsible citizen, and recycling is a part of that. We need to make recycling a part of the campus culture so students will continue [recycling] after they leave UTC," Cantrell added.
David Aborn, associate professor of biological and environmental science, is the faculty director of the campus environmental group EDGE, Ecology Decisions for a Global Environment.
EDGE is trying to get the university to approve an environmental fee that would allow the university to expand its recycling programs, hire a graduate student to work as a recycling coordinator and bring green energy to campus.
"In an 800-student survey conducted by EDGE about the proposed environmental fee, most students responded favorably," said Aborn. "They were interested in creating more opportunities to recycle on campus. They pay a wellness fee for the new wellness center that they may never step inside, but everyone uses the lights and throws away paper and plastic and the proposed fee is something that everyone would be using."
Ashley M. Morrell, a Maryville, Tenn., sophomore, said: "[Expanding] campus recycling is very important. Everyone on campus gets a newspaper every day and people drink a lot of stuff out of aluminum cans and it would be wonderful if people could recycle them.
Staff Reporter
The university has a voluntary recycling program in place, but students and the university want to create more opportunities for recycling.
Bins for recycling paper can be found in the classrooms of most buildings on campus, and Holt Hall has several bins for recycling aluminum.
In addition to collecting trash from trash cans, the university custodians collect the paper from these bins so that the university can recycle it.
Chuck Cantrell, assistant vice chancellor of university relations, expressed his concern over the community's lack of concern over recycling.
"It is disappointing that Chattanooga is having to look at redoing their recycling program due to lack of interest and participation," Cantrell said.
"Part of the college education is learning to be a responsible citizen, and recycling is a part of that. We need to make recycling a part of the campus culture so students will continue [recycling] after they leave UTC," Cantrell added.
David Aborn, associate professor of biological and environmental science, is the faculty director of the campus environmental group EDGE, Ecology Decisions for a Global Environment.
EDGE is trying to get the university to approve an environmental fee that would allow the university to expand its recycling programs, hire a graduate student to work as a recycling coordinator and bring green energy to campus.
"In an 800-student survey conducted by EDGE about the proposed environmental fee, most students responded favorably," said Aborn. "They were interested in creating more opportunities to recycle on campus. They pay a wellness fee for the new wellness center that they may never step inside, but everyone uses the lights and throws away paper and plastic and the proposed fee is something that everyone would be using."
Ashley M. Morrell, a Maryville, Tenn., sophomore, said: "[Expanding] campus recycling is very important. Everyone on campus gets a newspaper every day and people drink a lot of stuff out of aluminum cans and it would be wonderful if people could recycle them.
