These are pictures of one of the off-campus housing buildings where on each floor it looks the same. Trash-cans available outside the door, but there are no recycle bins.

One might ask why RECYCLING IS EVEN IMPORTANT:

• Prevents Air Pollution: Factories produce a lot of the products, and they produce toxics that are let out into the air, but by recycling less toxics are released into the air.
• Conservation of Water: Unfortunately, if water is contaminated with oil or toxins it can kill marine life, and/or not be used to consumed by humans, therefore make sure to recycle not only plastics, but oil and electronics.
  
• Global Warming: By re-using materials we can stop water and air pollution which directly affects the climate.
• Recycling effects many environmental issues which is why it should be easily accessible to students in apartments.
• All of these issues are problems our generation will have to deal with, therefore we should start acknowledging them from now.

I have what may seem like a common sense solution, but if it is so simple and easy why isn't it being done?




Solution: yes, put a recycle bin next to the garbage can. It can be that simple and yet at the same time so complicated because the questions arise:

1. Are the Garbage Collectors going to pick it up?
2. Does the Complex have to pay another company to come pick up the recycling bins like they do the Garbage Company?
3. Will this raise the rent?
4. What can be recycled?

1.The Garbage Company will pick up what is in there garbage cans, end of story. This is what they are paid to do, and it is not just one apartment building, but a few.
2.Yes, the complex would have to pay someone to collect the recycling from each door individually.
3.This might in-fact as I have discovered might raise the rent.
4. ITEMS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED:

• Paper
• Plastic
• Tin/Steel Cans
• Aluminum Cans

• Electronics

I thought this was a interesting and funny youtube video on Recycling. It also shows how students go out of there way to recycle, but atleast they had recycle bins to go to, which was also on campus.

• Earth 911
• National Recycling Coalition

Sources:
-The pictures were taken by Tracey Persaud (me)
-Andy Hix "Loving Recycling" Youtube Video
-Jaclyn DeVore's "How is USF Green?" (2008)