Thursday, August 20, 2009
So I am back to school today, and over the weekend I was around the dorm when people were moving back in for the year. I was reminded of how much waste can come out of move-in day. UCA had several large dumpsters placed near dorms throughout the campus. I walked by one and saw tons of cardboard, plastic, and Styrofoam thrown in there. UCA had a great recycling program and I believe a lot of what as in that dumpster could have been recycled. On a more positive note, I noticed that on the backs of doors in one residence hall (I don't know about others) there was a friendly note reminded residents to use the recycling room located in their hall. I know that when I lived in the dorm, my roommate and I had two large bins - one for paper and one for plastic. We never really had aluminum recycling, though it was available. UCA and Conway do not accept glass for recycling, so we had to take our glass waste elsewhere. I am glad to see UCA stepping up and encouraging more students to recycle.
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Hi, I found your blog through HCOL (I'm a 5th year senior in Honors) and have been reading all summer, but (I'm sorry) have failed to comment until now. I just wanted to let you know that I found out last semester that Conway has recently started taking glass as well as all numbers of plastic, rather than just numbers 1 and 2! For the glass though, you have to take it in person to the recycling center (which you may already know the location of, but if not, if you go north on Hogan all the way until it ends, then take a left, you'll see it on your right after a few minutes).
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for letting me know about the glass. The next time I go to the recycling center, I will have to ask them about the glass.
ReplyDeletequestion: if Conway can recycle all plastic, does that include plastic bags and wrap? Can those be recycled at all?
ReplyDeleteWell the technical answer is that Conway can recycle plastic with numbers 1-7. I have seen some things that don't have numbers on them - I don't know what to do about that. That being said, plastic bags can be recycled. I am not sure about plastic wrap though. The best advice in a situation like this is always - talk to your city recycling employees. The website for Conway Recycling is www.conwaysanitation.com. The recycling hotline is 450-6162. Hope that helps some!
ReplyDeletethanks it does!
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