RHA RECYLING SUMMARY

1. RHA RECYLING SUMMARY

2. 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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. SUMMARY OF OPTIONS