Residence Halls



WHAT YOU CAN DO
Resident Directors or Assistants are in a unique position that allows them to be environmental leaders and great stewards to the Campus Recycling Program. They can have a tremendous impact in developing and encouraging environmental awareness among residents. Residents can utilize their environmental and leadership sensibilities by talking to other residents about ways to increase recycling and reduce waste. Below are just a few examples of how residents, assistants and directors can make a difference.

AS A RESIDENT ASSISTANT OR DIRECTOR

A handout for Resident Directors and Assistants (RDRArecycleinfo.pdf) includes a summary of residence hall recycling site locations, an easy overview of materials that are accepted and not accepted for recycling, common recycling errors and some examples of unacceptable materials.

AS A RESIDENT

  • BUY WISELY! Choose products with minimal packaging, are easily recyclable or made from recycled material. Look for products with phrases like, "Printed on recycled paper" or "Made with post-consumer content."
  • Use a refillable mug instead of a paper or Styrofoam cup. Some companies will even discount your drink price when you use a refillable mug.
  • Turn off the water faucet when brushing your teeth. This simple act can save up to 9 gallons of water every time you brush.
  • Reduce junk mail by removing your name from mailing lists. Contact the soliciting company directly or you can register for mailing list removal by filling out a junk mail coupon at your area desk.
  • Conserve energy by using natural daylight and turning off appliances like room lights and computer monitors when you leave.
  • Report wasted energy and water (e.g., dripping faucets and lights left on) to your RA or custodial worker.
  • Use alternate modes of transportation. Walk, ride a bike or take the bus. Remember, LTD is FREE with your UO ID!
  • Donate reusable goods like clothes, books and appliances to local charities and resale stores.
  • Reduce paper use by using both sides of a piece of paper for taking notes, by making double-sided copies when printing and photocopying and avoid excessive printing of web pages, report drafts and class notes.
  • Avoid using neon and dark-colored paper since these are difficult to recycle. They contain metals, which contaminate the recycling process and are harmful to the environment. Instead use lighter colored paper and graphics to get attention.
  • RECYCLE wherever you can! There are many locations on the UO campus that collect recyclables.

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    PRESENTATIONS
    Housing Recycling staff is always interested and enthusiastic about opportunities to present recycling and environmental information to the residence hall community. An educational tool that benefits students and Resident Assistants and Directors is a recycling presentation or refresher. Residents gain a good understanding so that recycling becomes easy and convenient. It is also a forum for residents to give input on recycling in the residence halls.

    Here are just a few examples of the benefits of residence hall recycling presentations:

    If you are interested in presentations or recycling refreshers for your hall or complex, please contact the Housing Recycling Coordinator at 346-0929.

    RECYCLING AT THE AREA DESKS
    In front of each area desk at Carson, Hamilton and Barnhart Hall complexes, is a recycling container that collects junk mail. Example materials include magazines and catalogs, white and colored envelopes, flyers, and newsletters. Please keep plastic wrappers, CD ROMs, paper cups and other forms of garbage out of these containers. If you have larger quantities of paper to be recycled, please locate and use the main recycling site(s) at your complex.


    WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED
    At the residence halls, bottles and cans, newspapers, paper and corrugated cardboard are collected for recycling. Please see the sites at your hall for specific sorting instructions. Below is a general list of acceptable materials:

    *If you would like a hard copy to print as use as a reference in your room, please see the "What To Recycle" flyer.


    RECYCLING SITE CONTAINERS & SIGNS

    The Housing Recycling Program utilizes a variety of containers at residence hall recycling sites. Space constraints and local fire code compliance are some of the factors that go into determining what type of containers will be used at a recycling site. Following is a list of types of containers used in the residence halls for recycling collection:

    55-gallon barrels - In more spacious rooms, where recycling can be sealed away from public access, 55-gallon plastic barrels are used to collect both paper and bottles and cans.
    20-gallon galvanized can (for paper collection)- These containers are most often used at recycling sites where capacity is limited.
    20-gallon galvanized can and liner (for bottles and cans collection) - When combined with durable, leak-proof liners, galvanized cans are ready to collect bottles and cans. They are most frequently used in lobbies and smaller capacity sites.

    Reusable woven "baggits" and racks - These allow for multi-material collection at sites that have limited space.

    Laminated signs - Lamination provides a degree of durability. These signs are used in many applications throughout Housing. They are placed on walls and recycling containers to designate how users are to sort recycling.

    Container labels - To further designate containers for recycling collection, and minimize confusion among users, containers are affixed with durable, adhesive labels.

        
    Please see HERE for more pictures of the containers and signs listed above.


    IN-ROOM RECYCLING BINS

    Project Beginnings
    Getting recycling bins into each residence hall room has been a goal for the Housing Recycling Program since 1993. After a 1993 Fall term survey of 350 residents was completed, Housing Recycling staff found that over 90% of the residents believed in-room recycling bins would encourage them to recycle. Further resident support was generated when a student resident initiated a project for cardboard bins to be used for recycling in room of her hall. Student residents were positive about being able to easily store the bin in the room and the recycling convenience the bins provided. In-room recycling bins took on the form of several pilot projects since this early introduction into their usefulness. Each pilot project was attempted with a great deal of involvement from the Residence Hall Association (RHA), formerly the Residence Hall Governance Council (RHGC), including the selection of the bin to be used in residence hall rooms.

    During Fall 2000, on-campus residents checked into the residence halls and found a new edition to each room. Each room was provided with a small green recycling bin and an educational flyer inside. Modeled after a successful, local curbside recycling bin program, on-campus residents have a convenient and spatially functional tool to store and move recyclables. Along with the practical benefits, in-room recycling bins serve an important educational and promotional purpose. The recycling bins allow students to become actively involved in waste reduction. The bins increase recycling awareness and reinforce the idea that recycling is a natural part of life in the residence halls. Increased awareness results in increased material recovery.


    In Room Recycling Bins
    Dimensions: 15" X 12" X 8"H
    Volume: 6 US Gallons
    Material: High Density Polyethylene
    Busch Systems 1-800-565-9931
    http://www.busch-systems.com/

    Current Approach
    With the goal of institutionalizing in-room recycling bins, the Residence Hall Association approved funding in May 2000. This funding was used to purchase bins that when combined with bins from past pilot projects, was enough to outfit all 1700+ residence hall rooms for the 2000-01 academic year. Just prior to Fall 2000, the recycling bin was included on the room inventory. After arriving on-campus, students indicate on the checklist that the recycling bin is present and in good condition in their room. Students are then responsible for keeping their room's recycling bin from being lost, stolen or damaged throughout the year.

    Upon moving out of the residence halls at the end of Spring term, students must again indicate the presence and condition of the recycling bin on the checklist. After each room is vacated, Housing custodians also perform room inventories. These inventories are done to ensure that residents are accurately charged for damages done to the room before repair and maintenance begin for summer activities. The recycling bins are collected by housing custodians after being inventoried. They are then picked up, cleaned and stored by the Campus Recycling Program during the summer months. The bins are delivered to the halls and re-distributed by the Housing custodial staff in late summer as residence hall rooms are prepared for Fall Move-Ins.

    NOTE TO RESIDENTS: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR GREEN RECYCLING BIN IN YOUR ROOM WHEN MOVING OUT OR YOU WILL BE CHARGED!!

    Project Experiences
    Due to limits in funding from the Residence Hall Association, the approach was to get recycling bins to all the complexes in phases, one or two complexes at a time. With a phased in approach, complexes with the highest populations of freshmen would receive priority. By doing so, the waste reduction efforts of the UO campus community would be aided greatly by first year students that have established good recycling habits. Several different methods of distribution and collection were attempted during the years of the pilot projects. Below are the main methods used and positives and negatives of each as the Housing Recycling Program experienced:

    Pros: 1) bins distributed at no cost to residents, so more residents likely to pick them since they wouldn't have to spend any money and 2) distribution and collection is easy.

    Cons: 1) no way of recovering costs from bins that are not returned in Spring term and 2) only residents already interested in recycling will pick up a bin; thus the waste reduction and educational goals of the in-room recycling bins would not be as far reaching.

    Pros: 1) reduces labor resources associated with tracking, maintaining and redistributing and 2) residents would have a bin that could be reused.

    Cons: 1) attract students that are already interested in recycling and willing to purchase bins, 2) would not be utilized by students who would recycle but aren't willing to buy a bin and 3) a new stock of bins would need to be purchased and made available every year.

    Pros: 1) one-time purchase of bins, 2) costs of damaged or missing bins are recovered by charging room's occupant(s) and 3) recycling bin becomes accepted and needed amenity of each room just like a trash can.

    Cons: 1) requires a great deal of support from Housing custodial staff to distribute bins before Fall move-ins and to track missing and damaged bins so that costs are recovered and 2) labor required to clean and prepare bins to be used in complexes the following Fall term.


    WHERE IS MY RECYCLING SITE?

    Barnhart
    Hamilton
    Bean
    Riley
    Carson
    Walton.
    Earl


    BEAN
    The main recycling sites for Bean complex are:

    1. North Bean (outside Wilcox Hall) - mixed bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard.
    2. Northwest enclosure (outside Caswell Hall) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard.

    Corrugated cardboard can be taken to the Bean loading dock in addition to the exterior waste station site.


    HAMILTON

    The main recycling sites for Hamilton complex are:

      1. North Hamilton (between Watson & Burgess Halls) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard.
      2. South Hamilton (between Tingle & Spiller Halls) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard.

    Recycling in the Hamilton Lobby

      1. Junk mail accepted in front of the Hamilton Area Desk.
      2. Mixed bottles and cans are accepted near the vending machines and the entrance of Grab'N'Go entrance

    Grab'N'Go
    Residents can recycle plastic and glass beverage containers inside Grab'N'Go.

    Common Grounds
    Patrons of Common Grounds, the cafe located in Hamilton complex, can recycle bottles and cans in either Grab'N'Go or the Hamilton lobby.


    WALTON
    The main recycling sites in the Walton complex are:

      1. Northwest Walton (outside DeCou Hall) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, and newspapers.
      2. West Walton (outside Adams Hall) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, and newspapers.
      3. Northeast Walton (outside McAlister Hall) - mixed bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper and newspapers.
      4. Southeast Walton (outside Smith Hall) - mixed bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper and newspapers.

    Corrugated cardboard should be taken to either 1) West Walton between Adams and DeCou Halls or 2) East Walton between Sweetser and Schafer Halls.

    Walton Housing Staff Recycling Sites
      1. Main office copy room - mixed bottles and cans, newspapers and white, colored, low-grade, and computer paper in the main copy room.
      2. Programming office (first floor workroom of Hawthorne Hall ) - mixed bottles and cans, white, colored and low-grade paper.
      3. East Walton (between Sweetser and Schafer Halls) - corrugated cardboard.


    CARSON
    The main recycling site for the Carson complex is located in the basement, near the elevator. Mixed bottles and cans, newspapers, white and colored/low-grade paper can be recycled at this site.

    Recycling in the Carson Lobby:

      1. Junk mail is accepted in front of the Carson Area Desk.
      2. Mixed bottles and cans are accepted near the vending machines and the entrance of the Carson Dining Hall.
      3. White and colored/low-grade paper and newspapers are accepted near the entrance to the lobby stairwell.

    Corrugated cardboard should be recycled on the loading dock, located on the north side of the complex.

    Newspapers are also accepted in the Carson loading dock area.


    EARL
    The main recycling sites for the Earl complex are:

      1. North Earl (outside McClure Hall) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers and corrugated cardboard.
      2. South Earl (behind Young Hall) - mixed bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, newspapers and corrugated cardboard.


    H.P. BARNHART
    The main recycling sites in the Barnhart complex are located in the laundry rooms of floors 2 through 7. Mixed bottles and cans, magazines, newspapers and mixed paper can be recycled at these sites.

    Recycling in the Barnhart Lobby

      1. Junk mail is accepted in front of the Barnhart Area Desk.
      2. Mixed bottles and cans are accepted in the first floor recreation room.

    Corrugated cardboard should be taken to the collection container located in the parking lot.

    Newspapers are also accepted outside the northwest lobby entrance.


    RILEY
    The main recycling sites for the Riley complex are:

      1. First floor kitchen area - mixed bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper and newspapers.
      2. Parking lot canopy (south side of complex) - sorted bottles and cans, white paper, colored/low-grade paper, magazines, newspapers and corrugated cardboard.


    FALL MOVE-INS
    Please refer to Events and Promotion, for information regarding Fall Move-ins at UO Housing.


    SPRING MOVE-OUTS
    Please refer to Events and Promotion, for information regarding Spring Move-outs at UO Housing.

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