Students and teachers appear to be receptive to the new recycling program on campus. With new receptacles having been placed inside and outside classrooms, students and faculty alike can spare a second to decide where to deposit their no-longer-needed materials.
Since the Los Angeles Community College District provided cardboard boxes to be used as the recycling receptacles, there is no reason for recyclable materials to be thrown away as trash.
Recyclable materials including cans, paper, glass and plastic bottles can be deposited into the new bins, while wet materials, like food scraps and sandwich wrappers, should go into the trash bins.
Plant facilities will be emptying the receptacles every weekday. Now the option of whether or not to recycle will be placed in students’ hands.
Faculty and staff have all ready been recycling campus materials for, some time. For example some have taken used white paper home to be recycle.
How long will it take for students to add the task of recycling to their daily routine? West L.A., another LACCD campus, began using the new containers this fall. Since they just recently received their bins, officials don’t know whether their students and faculty are going to participate but are hoping to emphasize the idea throughout campus.
Mission College in Sylmar started putting out their new receptacles inside and outside classrooms. Mission officials feel both faculty and students have been doing their part to make their campus “green.”
Citrus College in Glendora, outside of the LACCD, has had a recycling program for a while and has integrated its usage into campus routine.
But as Citrus environmental health and safety supervisor divulged, most of the recycling is done by the faculty and not many students are helping to make their school “green.”
The LACCD is committed to making a difference by being “the greenest community college district.”
There are still six district campuses left to begin the recycling program.
Many students at Pierce seem to have grasped the concept of throwing away their materials since many classroom bins are filled with recyclables.
Kudos to Pierce for being one of the three colleges to take part in this “green movement.”
Like many things, good habits start at home, and not everyone is used to doing it.
(Jessie Lomeli)