Today’s Staff Council (in concert with Faculty Council-thanks for the help!) was at the David W. Ginevan Recycling Center. We learned all about how Middlebury diverts a large portion of our waste out of the stream, and how staff can best help. Here’s the top 5 tips-
Separate shredding paper
Keep the food out of recycling-use the compost bins (don’t have one? Call! x3087)
Paper towels and tissues are not recycling they are trash
Dog poop in a building keep in separate container
Rinse containers before sorting
Here’s some pictures of the facility, for those of you that couldn’t make it. Don’t forget our next learning lecture, at the Biomass plant May 2nd from 11:45-1:00, pizza again provided.
The outside of the Center
Inside the Reuse trailer-where Students, Faculty and Staff can come get used items for home or office
The Main sorting floor in the center
The one sort hopper-all recycling gets sorted out of the waste stream and put into here
Kim Bickham-Supervisor, Waste Management