Dorm halls to compete by recycling
Saerom Yoo
Issue date: 1/31/07 Section: News
A student environmental organization is coordinating a recycling competition between residence halls to promote participation in a nationwide recycling race, the group's vice president said.
AV, an on-campus environmental organization, is coordinating TCU's participation in RecycleMania in conjunction with Residential Services.
RecycleMania, a 10-week recycling competition, began Sunday and will end April 7, AV Vice President Kimberly Banzhaf said.
TCU is one of 201 colleges and universities around the country competing in the race.
Other participating area schools include Baylor University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin, according to the RecycleMania Web site.
All students need to do, AV member Sarah Warner said, is to "please recycle."
To enhance participation, AV is conducting a recycling competition among the residence halls, said Banzhaf, a junior environmental science major.
Housekeepers at residence halls will keep a count of how many recycling bags they take out, and AV will report TCU's progress by the pound each week to RecycleMania, Banzhaf said.
Although Residential Services has been providing recycle bins and information on recycling for all residence halls, the effort has been falling on the wayside, said John Hernandez, manager of residential housekeeping.
"I'm glad someone is taking initiative," Hernandez said.
Caity Christensen, a sophomore secondary education major, said she thinks RecycleMania is a good idea. Her residence hall has nicknamed its trash room "save-the-earth" room, she said.
AV President Bethanne Edwards, a senior environmental science major, said recycling is a gateway to other environmental issues because it is a program that has been around long enough to have numbers that show how individuals can make a difference.
"A lot of people don't think recycling is a big deal," Edwards said. "But it is."
AV's goal in entering RecycleMania is beyond winning, members said.
AV, an on-campus environmental organization, is coordinating TCU's participation in RecycleMania in conjunction with Residential Services.
RecycleMania, a 10-week recycling competition, began Sunday and will end April 7, AV Vice President Kimberly Banzhaf said.
TCU is one of 201 colleges and universities around the country competing in the race.
Other participating area schools include Baylor University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin, according to the RecycleMania Web site.
All students need to do, AV member Sarah Warner said, is to "please recycle."
To enhance participation, AV is conducting a recycling competition among the residence halls, said Banzhaf, a junior environmental science major.
Housekeepers at residence halls will keep a count of how many recycling bags they take out, and AV will report TCU's progress by the pound each week to RecycleMania, Banzhaf said.
Although Residential Services has been providing recycle bins and information on recycling for all residence halls, the effort has been falling on the wayside, said John Hernandez, manager of residential housekeeping.
"I'm glad someone is taking initiative," Hernandez said.
Caity Christensen, a sophomore secondary education major, said she thinks RecycleMania is a good idea. Her residence hall has nicknamed its trash room "save-the-earth" room, she said.
AV President Bethanne Edwards, a senior environmental science major, said recycling is a gateway to other environmental issues because it is a program that has been around long enough to have numbers that show how individuals can make a difference.
"A lot of people don't think recycling is a big deal," Edwards said. "But it is."
AV's goal in entering RecycleMania is beyond winning, members said.
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