This meant that each student produced one pound of waste every day. The senior design class calculated that paper made over one third of that waste stream. Glass, tin and aluminum, and plastics made up only a few percentage points a piece. The class also found that there was very minimal waste of carbonated beverage containers because of Michigan's bottle bill. Even though there is not much opportunity for recycling on campus, Michigan Tech students still have other recycling options.
Students living in the dorms can set up recycling programs in their halls.
All they have to do is have their Resident Assistant set up bins and designate someone with a car to take the collections to the local recycling center each month. Students living off-campus can go to the local recycling center, Peninsula Sanitation, which is located south of Sharon Avenue across from Charter Communications at 1108 Enterprise Dr., Houghton. Mixed or office paper is not accepted.