In previous semesters the toters were located in the lounges of residence halls. Lubor explained that the long-term savings will bring more changes to the campus. With the money saved, we are able to buy other things in the future as well, such as, possibly, a few more trees to plant around the dorms. Ames embellished on his disappointment with the program. Students don't want to make the effort to take their recycling outside.
Students do want to recycle, though.
Volunteers bring in the toters, letting people recycle inside, then bringing them back out again. The toters were removed from the residence halls at the end of last semester by the Housing Department despite opposition from the student senate. The senate agreed as a body that the inconvenience of this removal would cause a decrease in recycling. However, Ames said he was hopeful that the toters would be returned to their old positions, based on the pilot program's possible results. We need hard data back to see if this pilot program is working.