Semester Opening
at Residence Halls and La Aldea Graduate Housing
Hall opening is a very busy time of year for Residence Life Recycling. There are corral areas set up outside of each residence hall and La Aldea apartments where students can deposit their cardboard and styrofoam. We are busy getting cardboard and styrofoam collected from all the halls/apartments as people move in. A very simple way that you can help out is to flatten your cardboard before taking it to the corral area.
We are also always looking for volunteers to help us pick up the cardboard. Email recycling@life.arizona.edu if you are interested in helping out.
Stats
Here are a few statistics of how much was preserved in previous years :
2007 - Total Collected: 31.48 tons of cardboard
The recycling we did at hall opening saved approximately:
- 540 trees
- 221,485 gallons of water
- 14,748 gallons of oil
- 18,698 pounds of air pollution
- 97.59 cubic yards of landfill space
- 129,871 kilowatt hours of energy
2006 - Total Collected: 25.2 tons of cardboard and 1.3 tons of polystyrene
The recycling we did at hall opening saved:
- 433 trees
- 177,301 gallons of water
- 11,806 gallons of oil
- 14,968 pounds of air pollution
- 78.03 cubic yards of landfill space
- 103,963 kilowatt hours of energy
2004 - Total Collected: 17 tons of cardboard
The recycling we did at hall opening saved:
- 289 trees
- 118,201 gallons of water
- 7,871 gallons of oil
- 9,979 pounds of air pollution
- 52.02 cubic yards of landfill space
- 69,309 kilowatt hours of energy
