Friday, November 14, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Students rally for recycling
By Daniel E. Thompson
Kansan staff writer
About 50 students gathered yesterday at Strong Hall to rally for a comprehensive recycling program.
Chants of "What do we want-Recycling. When do we want it-Now" resounded through the bags of recyclable items which had been collected from campus trash cans.
"We need to send a hell of a message to Strong Hall," Kevin Armitage, graduate teaching assistant.
The chancellor, who watched the rally, said he thought it was helpful in educating the University to recycling issues.
"Do we have a recycling program? Yes we do. My impression is lets start toward a program, other things will be added to it," he said.
Fourteen student organizations organized the rally and presented the administration with 10 demands.
Victoria Silva, environmental specialist for Environmental health and safety, spoke on how recycling is progressing.
"I can assure you that the administration is committed to assisting you," Silva said to the crowd.
"If felt like they were accused of not doing anything," she said of the administration. "I'm saying they are doing something."
She said the administration is committed to implementing a recycling plan.
A large recycling program can take two years to implement, Silva said. Silva began planning KU's recycling program in July 1996.
Jayson Wyle, who works in the office of recycling and resource conservation, said the "University Daily Kansan" needed to join the effort. He admonished the paper for it's lack of environmental action.
Students rally for a comprehensive recycling program in front of Strong Hall. Yesterday's rally lasted for an hour and moved inside the rotunda of Strong Hall, where Chancellor Robert Hemenway stood in the crowd and listened to the demands. Photo by Laurie Fletchall/KANSAN
"The UDK needs to come out and realize the amount of waste they're producing," he said.
Ten demands
1. Fund proposal for waste reduction and environmental improvement by Dec.
1. 1997
2. Environmental Health and Safety specialist should control money for campus environmental fee.
3. Improve energy conservation without campus environmental fee.
4. Modify your study plan.
4. Make Coca-Cola money available for recycling in addition to the University's environmental improvement fee.
5. Make Coca-Cola contract available for students and organizations by Nov. 17, 1997.
6. All plastic bottle machines should be replaced by aluminum can machines.
7. Require University offices and departments to buy recycled-content paper and improve conservation.
8. Investigate and implement fold-over, reusable envelopes for fee payment and University billing by the fall of 1998.
9. Replace glossy advertising inserts in the "University Daily Kansan" with recyclable newspaper by 1998.
10. Continue composting programs and encourage the use of reusable mugs and drink refills in housing and Union food services
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