In a survey of Denison students, over half indicated that they recycle at home.
Most students are in favor of increasing awareness about recycling on campus.
Her solution is in reference to issues of solid waste management that currently affect the entire United States. We, as a nation, are facing a solid waste management problem that is becoming more acute every day, especially since each one of us generates on average 4.4 pounds of waste in a day. We must develop solutions and alternatives to waste disposal in the United States. It is possible to reduce the amount of waste generated as individuals and as a community by recycling. Properly conceived and executed, a recycling program can make good economic sense, can help save natural resources, can help reduce pollution, and can divert some tributaries of the solid waste stream away from landfills.