RHA RECYLING SUMMARY

GOALS OF A SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING PROGRAM  Effective Resource Conservation  Energy efficient  Salvage materials  Financially Responsible  Must be cost effective  Sustainability  Should be carried on from year to year

How Recycling Works Without MURF Plant 1.Materials collected source separate bins 2.Acceptance Standards 3.Contractor collects bins in source separate trucks 4.Contractor sells With MURF Plant 1.Materials collected mixed bins 2.Contractor collects all materials together 3.MURF plant sorts 4.MURF plant sells

What about us?  RHA Recycling started to urge University-wide recycling  Evolved into a service provider-  Waste Management  ORWM-No MURF  Special Programs

The Problem: RESIDENTS CAN NOT RECYLE PLASTIC, GLASS OR TIN

OBSTICLES TO EFFECTIVE RECYCLING  Feel-Good Recyclers  Resource Availability  Truck Time  Willing contractor  Physical Space  Acceptance Standards  Money  Consistent Leadership

Possible Solution  Volunteer  Private contractor  East Lansing  Pass the responsibility  Student Education/Outreach  MURF plant

Volunteer Interested students are assisted by RHA in setting up in hall recycling programs for the volunteers to maintain PROS: Immediate gratification Recycling provided in hall Low budget CONS: High maintenance Volunteer dependant Not consistent through campus Not sustainable from year to year Transportation

Private Contractor RHA hires a recycling company to pick up waste from halls. Bins maintenance is still RHA responsibility. PROS: Transportation In Hall Recycling CONS: Expensive Not all halls are picked up Acceptance standards! Remember Waste managment

East Lansing City of East Lansing puts a drop off site on campus. Basically 3 dumpsters for recyclable materials. PROS: Low maintenance Simple and effective CONS: Expensive Not necessarily available Physical Location University Approval Not in hall

Pass the Responsibility Try to pass on the responsibility to some other group. PROS: If it works, it won’t be our problem CONS: No reason to believe it will work Newman’s idea Could make us look bad Sour relationships Lose input DOESN’T RESULT IN RECYLING

Student Education RHA focuses less on recycling. Push conservation through education in reduction and reuse. PROS: We are well suited to this Similar results to recycling CONS: We still aren’t recycling

MURF PLANT RHA assists in obtaining a MURF plant. There are three obstacles:money, physical space, university politics. PROS: Recycling becomes very simple More materials are recycled Deal with ORWM CONS: Over 1 million dollars Where to put it? Politics No guarantee it will work

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