Peralta makes advances of going green
Recycling and trash bins showing up around campus, litter declines
Leah Clark
Issue date: 9/4/08 Last update: 9/4/08 at 12:08 AM PST
Section: Features
With the start of the fall 2008 semester, also come some new recycling containers.
You're bound to have seen the canisters with signposts through- out the campus, around the Laney parking lot, and blue recycle bins in classrooms.
It's a simple fact that only certain things can and cannot be recycled. A few things that should not be put into these new receptacles are: coffee cups and lids, chip bags, paper plates, Tupperware, or electronics.
When you go to put a soda can or water bottle in the receptacles, empty them as much as you can, especially in the blue classroom bins, as they have no liner and the sugar in the soda will attract pests.
Some ways you can help keep the campus clean is to use the recycling containers for everything they are meant for: paper, cans, and bottles. This also means not putting trash in the recycling bins, only in the trash receptacles. You can also ask your instructor to ask Jack Lin for a 3-minute lesson on how to recycle.
The new recepticles, along with the new Laney light installed last spring semester, are some ways that Peralta is going green.
For more information on how to keep you campus clean, you can visit www.sustainableperalt.org/recycling.
You're bound to have seen the canisters with signposts through- out the campus, around the Laney parking lot, and blue recycle bins in classrooms.
It's a simple fact that only certain things can and cannot be recycled. A few things that should not be put into these new receptacles are: coffee cups and lids, chip bags, paper plates, Tupperware, or electronics.
When you go to put a soda can or water bottle in the receptacles, empty them as much as you can, especially in the blue classroom bins, as they have no liner and the sugar in the soda will attract pests.
Some ways you can help keep the campus clean is to use the recycling containers for everything they are meant for: paper, cans, and bottles. This also means not putting trash in the recycling bins, only in the trash receptacles. You can also ask your instructor to ask Jack Lin for a 3-minute lesson on how to recycle.
The new recepticles, along with the new Laney light installed last spring semester, are some ways that Peralta is going green.
For more information on how to keep you campus clean, you can visit www.sustainableperalt.org/recycling.
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