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Playing the recycling game
BY DANA MENDOZA
Staff Writer
People like to play games, right?
Well here's one that challenges the
individual and the community.
To start, try to answer a few
simple questions: #l. Where are the
recycling dumpsters and bins located
on campus? #2. What materials are
we able to recycle at Guilford? #3.
Do you know how recycling works
on campus?
#4. Do you care about the an
swers to these questions?
After reading this article, test
yourself and see if you are able to
give complete answers to the first
three questions. Once you have be
come mentally involved in this game,
you'll be surprised how easily you
can become physically involved. But
first you must learn how the system
works.
As I have recently learned, re
cycling at Guilford is not as simple
as it may appear. For example, how
many of us know the person who or
ganizes recycling on campus?
The man partially responsible is
David Petree. He is in charge of the
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recycling program at Guilford Col
lege and has been since his arrival
at Guilford in 1993. Although his job
description as director of landscap
ing and grounds is diverse in its needs,
Petree has dedicated a great deal of
his attention towards stepping up the
recycling program at Guilford.
Petree attributes the progress
he has managed to make in the past
three and a half years to student in
volvement. "Recycling at Guilford
has evolved over the years," com
mented Petree. "There wasn't much
of a program when I first came here.
It has grown more and more due to
necessity into a student-run pro
gram."
Students collect the bags from
the recycling bins dispersed in vari
ous buildings on campus. Can't pic
ture any? Well, next time you're in
Archdale hall, Bauman basement,
Dana auditorium, Duke hall basement
mail room, Founders hall basement,
Hege library break room, behind New
Garden hall, in the Physical Plant, or
in the P.E. Center lobby, take a look.
There are very big, very hard
to miss recycling dumpsters that the
same small group of students revisit
weekly to pick up the green recy
cling bags that are available through
hall directors, resident advisors, or
the information desk. Recycling at
Guilford is not that difficult, but it is
up to the students to help further the
program.
According to Petree, most of
the credit belongs to the members
of the environmental club,
Forevergreen. It is a student-run or
ganization that has dedicated itself
to bettering the recycling program
on campus and to increasing com
munity awareness.
But, according to the students,
it was David Petree that has truly
helped make a difference. "Once
he saw that there was student inter
est and commitment to recycling he
put even more effort into the pro
gram," commented Forevergreen
member Nathan Tar.
Another Forevergreen member
felt that, "David has been receptive
to our ideas and will to do whatever
he can to help. We haven't really
gotten any feedback from staff or
faculty members. He is the only one
that has actually shown an interest."
Together their goal is to make
recycling as convenient as possible
for the students and to increase
awareness and participation in recy
cling both inside and outside of the
Guilford community.
At this point Guilford is able to
take advantage of the co-mingling
program available through the City
of Greensboro.
Through this program, Guilford
College collects aluminum, card
board, chipboard, glass, magazines,
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steel, and aerosol cans in the same
container.
Although the recycling program
at Guilford has improved over the
years, there is still a great deal that
can be done.
But it is impossible to become
more efficient without the support,
awareness, and involvement of the
faculty, staff, administration, and stu
dents at Guilford.
If you are a member of the fac
ulty, staff, or administration step up
and be a role model for your associ
ates and the students. If you are a
student, step up and be a leader
among your friends. There are only
eight hours that are presently given
towards recycling because the stu
dent involvement is so low.
If anyone is interested in doing
work with the recycling program, con
tact David Petree at ext. x 2904 or sit
in on a Forevergreen meeting Tues
day nights at 7:30 in the Gallery.
Did you get all the answers
right? If you did, good. Rock on with
your recycling-aware self. If you
didn't get the answers, then I hope
you are now more aware and moti
vated to help.
You may have mastered the
mental aspect of the game, but now
it's time to learn and become active
in the physical aspect.
Take this game with you and
teach others how to play.
One last fact I will leave for you
to ponder: According to Steven King,
the head of Franklin County Recy
cling, approximately 80% of waste
can be recycled. But only 20% is
actually recycled.
The Guilfordian
April 10,1998