Facilities Management to introduce campus-wide recycling Oct. 1

Facilities Management will be kicking off a campus-wide recycling program, introducing “single stream recycling,” next Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Students, faculty and staff will be able to collect recyclables in their rooms and offices, which will then be delivered to designated collection points on campus.

This campus-wide initiative will introduce single stream recycling, a new technology being operated in partnership with Waste Management. The program allows participants to collect all their recyclables – paper, plastic, aluminum – in a single container for subsequent collection and processing. When used in communities, the method has been shown to increase the amount of recycled goods by 30 percent, also benefiting the environment by cutting down on the number of collection vehicles on the road.

At Barry, students will be provided collection bins in their rooms, which will be used to collect items and deliver them to the collection point for their building. Academic buildings and offices are asked to create collection bins in their offices, which should then be brought to an assigned collection point for that building. The list of campus collection points will be released on the Facilities Management website when the program begins next Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Cardboard boxes will have two official collection points at the Landon and Thompson loading docks. Boxes should be broken down and placed in the bins provided at those points. Any departments that generate a number of boxes are asked to call Facilities Management for a pickup.

The success of this new initiative will require campus-wide cooperation. Everyone on campus – students, faculty and staff – is asked to take ownership and participate, making Barry’s campus a more environmentally-friendly space for all.

Facilities Management thanks the Barry community for your cooperation and patience while this system is implemented. For more information, please contact Facilities Management at ext. 3785.