MTSU Recycling Program Manager Linda Hardymon is shown with the new signs at the Greenland Drive community recycling location. (Photo by Randy Weiler, MTSU News and Media Relations)
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MTSU officials are seeking the public’s help as they try to spruce up the Greenland Drive recycling area.
The recycling bins at 1500 Greenland Drive near the Tennessee Livestock Center are available 24 hours a day for public use. People can recycle paper (white, mixed, magazines and newspaper), books, aluminum cans and plastic (with identification codes 1 through 7).
Tin cans, glass and e-waste cannot be recycled at the MTSU site. The university is currently not accepting cardboard at the community location, as it transitions to a new vendor, hopefully, by late January.
MTSU Recycling Program officials recently introduced signage to assist the public. It informs people what is acceptable, what is not acceptable, and community recycling guidelines. One sign indicates cardboard recycling is not available.
The Community Recycling Area Guidelines are:
• be respectful of MTSU property and others using this site;
• place recycling materials in appropriate bins;
• do not leave recycling materials or trash on the ground;
• do not climb on or in the bins; and
• do not remove materials from the bins.
Facilities Services staff member Linda Hardymon, assistant manager with the Center for Energy Efficiency, manages the student-run recycling program.
Six student workers schedule pickups of paper in buildings all across campus, help with cleanup “and keep an eye on things for me,” Hardymon said.
Students who have to perform community service occasionally are part of the program.
While the first three items in the guidelines are important, it’s the last two that leave Hardymon shaking her head.
She personally has witnessed people inside the bins. One time, it was four people, and she had to ask them to leave.
“It’s a safety issue,” she said, knowing they could become injured on MTSU property. “People try to get coupons (out of the bins).”
Once people place items in the recycling bins, the items become MTSU’s property. In effect, removing the coupons or anything else is stealing.
“Recycling is better than not recycling at all,” Hardymon says. “Our recycling program is a benefit for the community. It could go away at any time. People should be conscientious: Don’t leave a mess for somebody else to clean up.”
Randy Weiler is an editor, staff writer and news liaison for the Office of News and Media Relations. |
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