Ferris Recyclers, an RSO (Registered Student Organization) group cre­ated in 2007 ded­i­cated to address­ing envi­ron­men­tal issues, are insti­tut­ing a new recy­cling pro­gram on cam­pus to inform other stu­dents on how they can take part in help­ing cre­ate a cleaner, health­ier environment.

Janelle Turino, trea­surer of Ferris Recyclers, said that since the pro­gram is going to begin as a trial run, it is cur­rently under plans of being installed in four dorms this fall, which include Henderson, Puterbaugh, Brophy and McNerney.

She also explained that if stu­dents want the recy­cling pro­gram, they will have to peti­tion their hall and the coun­cil will have to vote on the deci­sion. The stu­dents will have to help by par­tic­i­pat­ing in the pro­gram as well if they are inter­ested in hav­ing the pro­gram insti­tuted in their hall, Turino explained.
“We hope we just get more peo­ple involved,” said Megan Truskoski, for­mer Vice President of Ferris Recyclers.

During Welcome Week, mem­bers of Ferris Recyclers will be hand­ing out fly­ers with infor­ma­tion regard­ing the new pro­gram.
“Having places on cam­pus would be ideal,” said Truskoski.

She said if we can make it eas­ier, more stu­dents would get involved. While Ferris Recyclers is a great place for stu­dents to get involved with recy­cling, it is out of some of the stu­dents’ way, she explained. Truskoski said the mem­bers worked with Grounds and Housing on cre­at­ing the program.

The recy­cling pro­gram is a great way for stu­dents to lend a hand in help­ing out the envi­ron­ment and cam­pus and the community.

“There will be bins with nice big signs con­tain­ing infor­ma­tion on what to recy­cle,” Truskoski said.

Currently, the fol­low­ing recy­clable items are col­lec­table: cor­ru­gated card­board; big boxes that have ridges and must be flat­tened, fiber­board; this con­sists of cereal boxes, tis­sue boxes, shoe boxes, no heavy wax boxes, box tops; these are located on many com­mon house­hold prod­ucts, tin cans (rinse clean and remove the label), plas­tic; num­bers 1 and 2 only (all col­ors except black are accepted, rinse clean and remove tops), news­pa­per and sty­ro­foam, which con­sists of take-out trays (please rinse) from restau­rants and the din­ing halls.

“It’s going to be a lot eas­ier because it’s on cam­pus,” said Truskoski. “We just want to keep it simple.”

More infor­ma­tion about Ferris Recyclers and how stu­dents can help the envi­ron­ment is avail­able on their web­site at freewebs​.com/​f​e​r​r​i​s​r​e​c​y​c​l​ers.