I am a recycling freak. I think that every piece of "garbage" can somehow be used again; like the obvious plastic bottles, glass containers, aluminum cans, along with all paper, pizza boxes....you get the idea.
When I came to Point Park in 2006, they were just getting recycling containers. Before the containers were in place, I would save all my recycling in a few plastic bags (which too could be recycled) and give them to my aunt when I would get a chance to see her, about once a month. In Lawrence, on every floor by the elevators, there was a container for paper, a container for plastic, and a container for cans. Nothing for glass. It didn't make sense to me, with a college campus that sells Starbucks in the glass containers, Snapple, Sobe, etc. and doesn't recycle glass. Even more confusing, I don't think I ever saw a recycling container in the cafe or the cafeteria. I may be wrong, but I didn't see them.
What baffled me even more was that I would still see things that could be recycled in the garbage room; like water bottles, newspapers, etc. This year, in Conestoga, there is no recycling, that I am aware. It really bothers me that people are lazy, and that such a small, simple act that can help the environment is basically ignored.
Here is a link to the importance of recycling
and another
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