1. Putting Plastic in its Place
By: Zak Coppinger
Michael Cvejanovich
Mike Hoeft

2. Did You Know?
Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours.
Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild America’s commercial air fleet 4 times every year.
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.
Every year, enough paper is thrown away to make a twelve foot wall from New York to California
If America recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep two billion tons of plastic out of landfills.

3. Recycling at the SUB Do you (a student) recycle at the SUB?
Did you know there was a recycling program at the SUB?
Do you (a student) recycle at the SUB?

4. Recycling at the SUB Problems with the SUB’s recycling Program:
Student Awareness
Bin Location and Appearance
Student Knowledge of What is Recyclable
Contamination
Lids of Plastic Bins
Costs $ to Recycle and Program is not very successful

5. Possible Solutions University of Minnesota’s SMART System
Relocating Bins
Capture rate increased from 60% to 90%.
95% of the materials were placed into the correct bins.
Reduced Custodial Labor
“The underlying premise of the SMART system is to have individuals consider the disposal of trash and recyclable materials to be equally important and convenient”

6. Possible Solutions Increase Student Awareness and Knowledge Posters
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Article in Daily Toreador

7. Our Recommendation Increase Student Awareness!!
Relocate Bins Next to Trash Cans
Posters Above Bins or Magnets on Bins
Article in Daily Toreador
Increase Student Awareness!!

8. Our Recommendation Disadvantages: “Clutter” Money Time Teach Janitors
Order/Put up Posters
Write Article for DT

9. Our Recommendation Advantages: Put TTU in Positive Light
Increase Awareness
Increase Capture Rate
Potentially Very Cheap
Recycle Program more efficient
If it works, other buildings will do the same
Lower Labor hours
Clutter?
Save the World
Not negative attention.