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RecycleMania hits Humboldt State
Derek Lactaoen
Issue date: 3/5/08 Section: Campus
Humboldt State University is bringing sexy back to reducing, reusing and recycling. It is bringing plastics, compost bins, reusable containers and coffee mugs to join in a national competition, all in the name of the three 'R's.
For the next four weeks, Humboldt State will continue to compete in RecycleMania, a 10-week-long recycling competition that takes place across the nation between all types of universities and colleges.
The Campus Recycling Program is the driving force behind Humboldt State's participation in this event. The Recycling Program has three sections: recycling, composting and the Reusable Office Supply Exchange (ROSE).
Aydee Virgen, education coordinator for the Recycling Program, said, "Students can help by doing their part and setting an example about recycling and composting being sexy."
The competition is divided into five categories: Grand Champion, Per Capita Classic, Waste Minimization, Gorilla Prize, and Targeted Materials which is then split between paper, corrugated cardboard, bottles and cans, and food service organics. Humboldt State competes in all categories.
Being sexy for the Recycling Program means reducing the amount of consumption, reusing everything possible and recycling.
"Recycling is good, but it still takes a lot of energy," Virgen said. She also said the amount of resources it takes to transport recyclables to their final locations is staggering.
Plastics can travel 6,700 miles to Hong Kong before being completely recycled. Paper often goes to Oregon or Kentucky.
Luke Armbruster, compost director for the Recycling Program, said that paper is the biggest product that people are throwing away or recycling but that can easily return to the earth.
He said that office paper, newspaper, paper cups and paper plates are just a few of the paper products that people can tear up and compost. Composting paper products is just one effective way that Humboldt State's campus population can participate in RecycleMania.
For the next four weeks, Humboldt State will continue to compete in RecycleMania, a 10-week-long recycling competition that takes place across the nation between all types of universities and colleges.
The Campus Recycling Program is the driving force behind Humboldt State's participation in this event. The Recycling Program has three sections: recycling, composting and the Reusable Office Supply Exchange (ROSE).
Aydee Virgen, education coordinator for the Recycling Program, said, "Students can help by doing their part and setting an example about recycling and composting being sexy."
The competition is divided into five categories: Grand Champion, Per Capita Classic, Waste Minimization, Gorilla Prize, and Targeted Materials which is then split between paper, corrugated cardboard, bottles and cans, and food service organics. Humboldt State competes in all categories.
Being sexy for the Recycling Program means reducing the amount of consumption, reusing everything possible and recycling.
"Recycling is good, but it still takes a lot of energy," Virgen said. She also said the amount of resources it takes to transport recyclables to their final locations is staggering.
Plastics can travel 6,700 miles to Hong Kong before being completely recycled. Paper often goes to Oregon or Kentucky.
Luke Armbruster, compost director for the Recycling Program, said that paper is the biggest product that people are throwing away or recycling but that can easily return to the earth.
He said that office paper, newspaper, paper cups and paper plates are just a few of the paper products that people can tear up and compost. Composting paper products is just one effective way that Humboldt State's campus population can participate in RecycleMania.
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