Transcript Recycling at SLU

Recycling at
SLU
Kelley Krejnik
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Masters of Sustainability
Student
Facilities Services
Sustainability Coordinator
SUSTAINABILITY:
Meeting current social and economic needs without
compromising environmental resources for future generations.
Recycling is a visible part of being sustainable.
Participation is recycling is a building block for promoting
sustainable development on campus.
Do you recycle already?
How many of you recycle at work or at home?
Rules Change:
 Every place has slightly different rules and
restrictions for recycling.
 As recycling technology evolves, the system
for recycling also changes.
I want to clarify current rules for recycling at
SLU.
Recycle to save money.
Waste & Recycling Expenses
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% Change
110%
100%
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90%
% Change
80%
70%
60%
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
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Since SLU has introduced single-stream recycling,
waste collection costs have been slashed by 18%,
saving tens of thousands of dollars annually.
Recycling removal costs less.
Removing trash from
campus costs 33% more
than removing recycling.*
Therefore, throwing
recyclables into the trash is
like tossing money into a
landfill.
The more we maximize our
recycling potential, the
more money we can save
and divert from landfills to
other money and resourcesaving sustainability
initiatives on campus.
*33% is an approximation
SLU is a Single-Stream Campus.
That means everyday recyclables go
together in the same container.
 Help
out SLU, toss
it in the BLUE.
Where does
Single-Stream go?
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Look for BLUE containers.
They come in all different
shapes and sizes, but the
color is consistent.
Single-Stream Recycling
Look at what’s in front of you now.
Can you recycle that?
 Soda
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Cans?
 Water Bottles?
 Plastic cups?
 Handouts?
 Coffee Cups + Warmers? •
 Napkins?
SLU’s goal is to double
it’s 2012 recycling rate
to 30%.
• This should be easy
to achieve since…
Most of what you
throw away can be
recycled.
For you to keep:
Single-Stream
Recycling
What is recyclable on
your table right now?
 Coffee
Cups and
Warmers?
 Napkins?
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(if unused or hardly
used)
Single-Stream Recycling
Look at what’s in front of you now.
Can you recycle that?
 Soda
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YES!
Cans?
Single-Stream Recycling
What is recyclable on
your table right now?
 Water
Bottles?
 Plastic cups?
 Plastic plates?
 Utensils?
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Look for the stamp.
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SLU collects all 1-7 (no styrofoam)
Single-Stream Recycling
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Keep your brochure/flyer as a
reference
recycling.slu.edu has more info
Recycle these today!
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Soda cans
Water bottles
Plastic cups
Handouts
Paper coffee cups
and cardboard
warmers
Unused napkins
Recyclables don’t have to be
perfect to get recycled.
Collect recycling in blue bins.
Contents from blue bins
goes into dumpsters
with yellow lids.
Waste Management empties dumpsters and delivers
recycling to RockTenn Recycling Centers.
Local Recycling Center
Locations
03/2013
RockTenn recycles SLU’s
paper, metal, plastic and glass.
E-Waste
 We
also collect E-waste but separately
from Single-Stream
 E-waste is “anything with a cord”
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Appliances
Electronics
 Speak
to your department about this
and/or go to famisweb.slu.edu to request
an e-waste pick-up.
Also use famis for single-stream requests if you have large
collections such as shelves of folders, journals, magazines, etc.
Questions?
 recycling.slu.edu
has all the resources I
shared today plus more information about
upcoming events and details about what
can be recycled and where to recycle it.