Recylcing

Another organization that I happened to become apart of was the College's recycling program. Not only is the recycling program new, started in 2011, it is a non-profit organization and it is a student run program. Every Sunday, I traveled from dorm building to dorm building collecting recyclables. One of the perks about our school is that every dorm room has a recycling bag that they can fill up with recyclables and place outside their door on Sundays. Instead of buying new bags each year, the bags are recycled and reused every year. Once of the policies about on campus recycling is that no student can get in trouble for what they have in their recycling bag. This policy was set up in order to encourage more students to recycle even if they have alcohol bottles. Every week, we usually got the typical recyclables that you would find in anyone's recycling bin. Our recyclables ranged from cans, papers, shampoo bottles, glass bottles, cardboard boxes, cans, and anything that was rated under a 6 at the bottom of a can or bottle. Throughout my first year of recycling, the recycling team had recycled over hundreds of bottles and crushed hundreds of cans.

In order to keep track of what we recycled, we would take off the bottle caps and pull off of the pop can tabs to try and keep track of a number of what we have recycled. In profit of the aluminum cans, the money would go towards another volunteer program on campus known as Backpack Buddies. Backpack Buddies is an organization that stuffs bags full of food and delivers food to children whose only real chance of eating is at school. Backpack buddies is an organization that I have not helped volunteer with yet, but it is on my goal to help volunteer.

The Recycling program on campus is a nice way to keep the campus clean and help protect the environment. The recycling program is a great program to be involved in, especially for. Through the recycling program, everyone has a chance to become involved. Not everyone has to collect the recyclables but they can help cut down on the costs of trash and help save the environment by recycling their products and bottles. Recycling in college sets up students with a good foundation for the future when they move out and have their own homes. Hopefully through this program, the college students on this campus will recycle in their future too.

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