[committee] Aluminium Can Recycling

[John Hodge]

Dan,

This is something that has sightly bothered me for a while :) [putting the 
cans in the yellow bins, aw I'm used to keeping cans and paper separate)
The only issue I see with this idea is the location of this recycling 
point. Given our location, getting to the ref area (espeically when 
hefting a full bin of crushed cans) is a trek.
Would there be another bin in the catering carpark where the cans are 
finally collected from? (If not, I think we can convince our memebers to 
be less lazy and take the bin to the ref)

John Hodge
UCC President 2012


On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, Dan Stone 13 wrote:

> Hi John, David, Adam,
>
> Hope your holidays have been enjoyable. I just wanted to send you all a quick email about a new recycling initiative that the UWA Guild is trialling at the moment. Essentially, we're trying to separate out some of our recycling from the usual yellow co-mingled recycling bins. This has both an environmental bonus as less energy is required to sort the recycling and a financial bonus for the Guild/University as we can receive payment or discounts on our waste service providers - essentially meaning there's more money for other things like clubs.
>
> We're setting up a trial "recycling point" outside the ref where people can deposit aluminium cans, batteries or shoes, which will be ready to go from late March. As the UCC is one of the greatest contributor of empty aluminium cans on campus, would it please be possible to arrange for those cans to be placed in the aluminium can bin? If it is more convenient for yourselves, we'd be happy if you brought the bins to the Enviro Department to put them in every week or so.
>
> Please let me know what you think!
> Cheers,
> Dan