Page 10 University Daily Kansan, January 29, 1980
Recycling saves KU's money
By CYNTHIA HRENCHIR Staff Writer
The KU Paper Recycling Program saved 1,655 pine trees in 1981. It also saved the University money.
"We recycled 68 tons of paper last year." Rosie Perdue, data control technician at the Academic Computing Center, said, "That's 68 trips saved to the landfill."
Perdue, four part-time student employees and John Seitz, director of the program, recycle tons of paper used at the University.
Besides the environmental considerations of the recycling program, there are economic ones as well. KU requires that a token taken to the Douglas County landfill.
"Some federal study said that the average individual in the United States uses 600 pounds of paper every year," Seitz said. "Take that, times the university students and faculty here, our 7.5 million tons of paper we are hauling away."
THE STAFF is selective about paper accepted, taking only a small part of what is available. What is collected is sold to a recycling company, Batliner, in Kansas City, Mo. The company takes the trash and adds it to paper in a chemical vat to make re-manufactured paper. Seitz said.
"And then they can sell that paper cheaper." he said.
Batliner will accept computer cards, computer printout paper and Xerox copier paper, Seitz said. It also takes stationery and typing paper.
But it won't take new papers, slick paper, cardboard, glue-backed items or
"Rubber bands can really mess up the mixture," Seltz says, "get in the paper mixture."
And problems with donations may cause the center to reject some of them.
The recycling center was given a big stack of books by the law school, Seitz said, but wasn't able to sell them because of the glue backing. Ripping it out by hand would have cost more than the center would have made, he said.
THE PROGRAM usually breaks even
and has made as much as $1,000, he said, depending on whether the price of paper rises or falls.
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The recycling program was started in the 1960s by William Albrecht, dean of graduate studies. That position is now the vice chancellor for research, and he is also a public service. Albrecht is now a KU professor emeritus of English.
The program grew in 1975, Seltz said, when the staff began an official pickup of material from different places on campus. The new office had to bring their paper to the center.
"We have a certain pickup route" different stops to about 65 units on campus.
These stops include the comptroller's office, the School of Business, all the offices at O'Leary, the chemistry department and various offices in Strong Hall.
Perdue said the offices decided how to schedule pickups.
MANY OFFICES have inter-office memos or papers that they may not wish to make public, Setz said.
"We can come out twice a week or twice a month." she said.
"We guarantee confidentiality of information for people sending memos in," he said. "The paper is stored in a locked area until the Battler trucks come to pick it up, and they also guarantee confidentiality."
demic computing and the information systems, which share the building, have boxes throughout the building for collecting unwanted computer printouts.
"If anyone wants to bring paper in, they should take it to 202 at the center."
Perdue said that certain types of paper were worth more than others.
"Computer cards are worth the price of a computer printer and last. Xerox copies."
After the paper is collected it is stored in a loading dock. Large boxes, four feet high and four feet wide, are packed until Batliner comes to pick them up.
The staff gathers much paper from the computer center itself. The aca-
THE CENTER already has received the computer cards used during enrollment. Their total weight was a ton, Purdue said.
The amount of paper collected in 1861 dropped slightly, she said, but it is back up in 1892. In 1979, the center collected paper; in 1800, in 822; and in 1811, in 681.7.
But even with the changes, the staff is conscious of its role in conserving resources.
"What you also need to realize," said Perdue, "is that we are not only helping conserve trees, but also the water it produces; to produce paper, and the energy."
LAWRENCE POLICE were looking yesterday for an assistant restaurant manager who is a suspect in the theft of about $1,000 from J.B.'s Big Boy Family Restaurant, 740 Iowa St., Wednesday.
Police reported that $992.72 was missing from the restaurant's safe. A贼 used keys and the safel's code to get into the safe, police said.
Police suspect the same man of stealing a Ford Gran Torino Wednesday from 519 Fireside Drive. Police believe the suspect took his girlfriend's car without her permission. There have been no arrests.
POLICE REPORTED that more than $400 worth of stereo equipment was stolen from a parked car at 2408 Louisiana St. Wednesday. Thieves took a cassette deck, two speakers and six cassettes after entering the driver's door of the car. There are no suspects, police said.
BURGLARS STOLE more than $850 worth of items from a residence at 2230 Tennessee St. sometime Sunday, police said.
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SUA movie audiences larger than anticipated
By JIM LEHNER Staff Reporter
The SUA film series has far exceeded its attendance expectations so far this semester, an SUA official said yesterday.
Marsha Bell, SUA projectionist, said the attendance increase probably started after alternations in the film for Friday and Saturday night movies.
Last semester, Bell said, SUA was between 500 and 600 passes. She said that this semester, 155 passes had been much improved weekday attendance.
"this semester, we're still selling film passes, but only for movies shown Sunday through Thursday. We found that last semester, people would primarily use the passes for the weekend movies."
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Bell said popular movies such as "Superman II" could also increase viewership.
"The SUA needs bigger weekend crowds from popular films to pay for the high rent cost for popular films and relatively new releases," Bell said. "We were getting good weekend crowds last semester, but it didn't help us much because students were using their passes."
SUA also shows lesser-known films, such as "The Decline of Western Civilization," a documentary about the Los Angeles new wave-punk rock scene, and "Even Dwarfs Started Small," a film that dwarfs who take over their reformatory and lead riots. Bell said SUA tried to have films for
"There are so many different interests on campus," she said. "If the film is well-known, we expect large draws.
Bell said SUA tried to have films for every student and faculty interest.
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Bell said SUA tried to save its best efforts to create a natural drawing card.
"I was concerned last semester that the crowds were slipping," Bell said. "Last semester, we sold film passes for $10 each, which enabled a person to see
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