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Recycling FiguresThe recycling subcommittee of the President’s Climate Commitment Committee participated in the 2009 Recyclemania competition in the “Benchmark” division. This participation was not to try to recycle as much as possible, but to try to determine levels of interest in recycling. The exercise lasted ten weeks and taught all of us much about the challenges we will face as we begin full-scale recycling in Parkville and downtown. The challenges we faced directly impacted our choice of hauler for our recyclables for our full-scale recycling efforts. The figures below represent the materials recycled during that ten week period. Additionally, our grounds crew is composting some of the food waste from the cafeteria. Again, these numbers are not part of the full-scale recycling project we are working on, but they are still valuable data. Mixed paper 1.9 tons Cardboard 1.1 tons Food waste 0.2 tons The Parkville campus continues its recycling efforts in conjunction with local waste hauler Smurfit-Stone. The first pickup of recyclables from the Parkville campus by Smurfit-Stone occurred in June 2009. Weights of recycled materials collected are reported below. June 22, 2009 Mixed paper 2,850 pounds September 21, 2009 White paper and mixed paper 4,595 pounds Aluminum/metal cans and plastic 25 pounds bottles The September pickup reflects an average 124 pounds of paper per day being recycled. October 28, 2009 Mixed paper 2,307 pounds Plastic 125 pounds Aluminum/metal cans 2 pounds The October pickup reflects daily averages of 64 pounds of paper and 3.5 pounds of plastic being recycled. January 14, 2010 White paper 1,690 pounds Mixed paper 3,200 pounds Plastic bottles and aluminum/ 165 pounds metal cans The January pickup reflects daily averages of 271 pounds of paper and over two pounds of bottles and cans. February 5, 2010 White paper 1,905 pounds Mixed paper 2,100 pounds Plastic bottles 30 pounds Aluminum/metal cans 15 pounds The February pickup reflects daily averages of 182 pounds of paper and two pounds of bottles and cans per day. February 26, 2010 White paper 110 pounds Mixed paper 1,500 pounds Books 1,700 pounds Plastic bottles 40 pounds Aluminum/metal cans 20 pounds The February 26 pickup reflects daily averages of 158 pounds of paper/books and three pounds of bottles and cans per day. March 12, 2010 White paper 655 pounds Mixed paper and books 5,700 pounds Plastic bottles and 25 pounds Aluminum/metal cans The March 12 pickup reflects daily averages of 454 pounds of paper/books and 1.8 pounds of bottles and cans per day. May 21, 2010 White paper 3,300 pounds Mixed paper 1,620 pounds Plastic bottles 100 pounds The May 21 pickup reflects daily averages of 70 pounds of paper and 1.4 pounds of plastic bottles per day. For more information, please contact Angie Peterson, apeterson@park.edu, (816) 584-6510. --------------------------------- University Resources |