To reduce the amount of waste, the recycling of cans, glass and plastic bottles at stadium tailgate and concession stands was launched during the last three fall 1995 home football games. NU Recycling plans to expand upon this effort during the 1996 season. On the Chicago campus, corrugated cardboard can be placed in marked dumpsters located at the loading docks at the American Bar Association, the Tarry Research and Education Building and Abbott Hall . Funds to produce the new educational video that was filmed last fall came from the senior class gift of 1991, which was intended for the purchase of recycling bins and educational materials. The details are currently being worked out, but this video will potentially be shown during new student and new employee orientations.
Northwestern custodians are an integral part of the program.
They assist with collection of recyclables and help identify contamination or other problems. They are responsible for emptying the blue recycling bins in every building on both campuses for the designated haulers to pick up. In Evanston, there is desk side servicing, while individuals on the Chicago campus empty their recycling bins into a central bin. Since contamination is always a problem, everyone is requested to throw paper, or cans and bottles, in the appropriate recycling bin. Trying to increase that awareness has been one of my goals since I arrived on campus two years ago.