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| Rutgers Recycles! |
An
open Letter to the Rutgers University Community |
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To the University Community, In addition to being an extraordinary institution of higher education, Rutgers has the distinction of being one of the nation’s leaders in recycling. During the calendar year 2004, we recycled over 67.7% of our solid waste. This translates into over 20,000 tons of waste that was diverted from the waste stream. Now we need you help in determining our 2005 numbers. Recycling accomplished under the Rutgers Recycling Program administered by University Facilities, Housing and Dining Services is well documented. The purpose of this memo is to solicit information to identify and quantify any recycling that was accomplished by individual departments or units. Some examples of materials that need to be identified include the following: a. Computer paper recycled directly with vendors b. Scrap metal or vehicles sold to scrap dealers. c. Outdated books for periodicals that are reused or whose material components are reprocessed for a second use. d. Used motor oil sent to a vendor for reprocessing e. University furniture that is sold to a vendor for renewal f. Any other recycled materials unique to your department. If any department or unit under your purview is involved with any type of recycling effort outside the Rutgers Recycling Program, we need your assistance to report the type and amount of material that was recycled during the calendar year 2005. Please enter your data on the Recycling Data Form, accessed through the following link on our web site: http://www.fms.rutgers.edu/FMSPrograms/Recycling/RecyclingDataForm.asp Please submit your data to us no later that February 28, 2006. If you have any questions, please call Alonzo Lewis at (732) 445-2639. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
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