WE WON!! THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALLY AGREED TO INSTALL TONS OF NEW RECYCLING STATIONS ACROSS CAMPUS!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUSHING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE WITH ME!! NOW WE JUST STAY VIGILANT TO MAKE SURE THESE BINS ACTUALLY GET INSTALLED AS PROMISED!!
December 5, 2017
Petition to Expand the Presence of On-Campus Recycling at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Final supporters
As students attending the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, it is impossible to ignore the constant construction that the campus undergoes during any time of the year. However, despite the considerable time and money IUP has chosen to invest in constructing the new buildings, the number of places that students can recycle their waste on campus has remained notably stagnant. Paradoxically, IUP touts the sustainability of its buildings, such as Folgers Dining Hall, but ignores the festering issues regarding recycling on campus.
This is not to say that IUP does not offer recycling to its students entirely. Indeed IUP does offer on-campus recycling to its students, but the grim reality of the situation is that most of the recycling facilities present on campus are either inaccessible to commuters or are in locations far off the beaten path trekked by IUP's many, many students.
Through this petition, we hope to bring awareness to an issue that plagues our college and highlight the student body's dissatisfaction with the current recycling regime. In bringing awareness to these issues, we ultimately want IUP to expand and revitalize the on-campus recycling program, making it accessible to on campus students, commuters, and visitors alike.
If you are a student, please type your department in the comments section. You are more then welcome to add any other comments following that. Thank you for your participation if you choose to do so.
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Reached 100 supporters
October 12, 2017
29 Comments
Make campus more sustainable and add more recycling especially doe the food facilities! And compost piles!
If there is a single paper recycling bin in the new HSS building I have yet to find it. I've actually been thinking about finding someone to contact about this issue, but I guess this petition is a good place to start.
It hurts my soul to throw plastic into a garbage can when there could be a recycling bin right next to it!!! Please stop hurting me and the earth and let's get more recycling :) also paper in the library, academic buildings, etc would save a significant amount of paper.
We need to do all we can as an establishment of scholarship, for our rapidly dying ecosystem
As a liberal arts college and being environmentally concious we must all do our part in proper recycling.
Do what's right.
I wouldn't say that I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I'm pretty sure you guys don't actually recycle. We claim that we recycle, and we have the blue bins, but where does it actually go. Does it all go to the same trash place? I think so
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WE WON!! THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALLY AGREED TO INSTALL TONS OF NEW RECYCLING STATIONS ACROSS CAMPUS!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUSHING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE WITH ME!! NOW WE JUST STAY VIGILANT TO MAKE SURE THESE BINS ACTUALLY GET INSTALLED AS PROMISED!!
December 5, 2017
Petition to Expand the Presence of On-Campus Recycling at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Final supporters
As students attending the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, it is impossible to ignore the constant construction that the campus undergoes during any time of the year. However, despite the considerable time and money IUP has chosen to invest in constructing the new buildings, the number of places that students can recycle their waste on campus has remained notably stagnant. Paradoxically, IUP touts the sustainability of its buildings, such as Folgers Dining Hall, but ignores the festering issues regarding recycling on campus.
This is not to say that IUP does not offer recycling to its students entirely. Indeed IUP does offer on-campus recycling to its students, but the grim reality of the situation is that most of the recycling facilities present on campus are either inaccessible to commuters or are in locations far off the beaten path trekked by IUP's many, many students.
Through this petition, we hope to bring awareness to an issue that plagues our college and highlight the student body's dissatisfaction with the current recycling regime. In bringing awareness to these issues, we ultimately want IUP to expand and revitalize the on-campus recycling program, making it accessible to on campus students, commuters, and visitors alike.
If you are a student, please type your department in the comments section. You are more then welcome to add any other comments following that. Thank you for your participation if you choose to do so.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
October 12, 2017
29 Comments
Ecology/Conservation. We can do better. There are always trash bins overflowing with recyclable plastics in the Oak Grove.
Make campus more sustainable and add more recycling especially doe the food facilities! And compost piles!
If there is a single paper recycling bin in the new HSS building I have yet to find it. I've actually been thinking about finding someone to contact about this issue, but I guess this petition is a good place to start.
It hurts my soul to throw plastic into a garbage can when there could be a recycling bin right next to it!!! Please stop hurting me and the earth and let's get more recycling :) also paper in the library, academic buildings, etc would save a significant amount of paper.
We need to do all we can as an establishment of scholarship, for our rapidly dying ecosystem
As a liberal arts college and being environmentally concious we must all do our part in proper recycling.
Do what's right.
I wouldn't say that I'm a conspiracy theorist, but I'm pretty sure you guys don't actually recycle. We claim that we recycle, and we have the blue bins, but where does it actually go. Does it all go to the same trash place? I think so
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Ecology/Conservation. We can do better. There are always trash bins overflowing with recyclable plastics in the Oak Grove.