HEC adds to district electronics collection
On a crisp October 29th 2011, William J. Harrison Center (HEC) in collaboration with Midwest Recycling Center (MRC) collected a respectable 3500 pounds of electronics and appliances. This event was our seventh and last for the St Louis Community College, pushing our total district amount to 228, 767 lbs diverted from the landfill! All of the electronics and appliances STLCC collected escaped our region’s one landfill, and saved the college over $2000.00– our fee for inhouse CRT (lead glass in monitors) recycling.
HEC’s manager, Kimberley Porter, and green team, led by Alandrea Stewart, came out to volunteer their valuable time for their first ever recycling event for the community. Being a LEED-Goldfacility, recycling is part of the daily operations for students, faculty and staff. All the volunteers stayed warm laughing and telling stories while watching the really unusal items brought in by the community.
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- HEC volunteers
Officer Watson peers into the world's tiniest dishwasher
Oldtime TV!
Peep warmer (it had a cord!)
St. Louis County Health Department is kicking off their “Recycling Becomes Me” campaign today, November 15th for America Recycles Day. This clever campaign grabs attention as people “wear” recycling bins in various fashions–all meant to raise awareness and increase recycling efforts. The program shows that folks from all lifestyles recycle. The County Health Department’s goal is to increase recycling by only 5 percent this coming year. Just that small amount can fill the Edward Jones Dome 3 feet high 25 times! And though St. Louis County has done a great job recycling, we still throw away enough to fill a quarter million dump trucks! According to John Haasis, Program Manager for the St. Louis County Department of Health, “if each household in the county recycles just one extra aluminum can each week, that’s the equivalent of taking 720 cars off the road in a year. Imagine how much gasoline that saves from being used!” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct 24, 2011). Show your own creativity by posting your ”becomes me” photo at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RecyclingBecomesMe And if you are in the Clayton area today (Nov 15th) join the fun as they kick off this attention-grabbing program!
Recycling becomes STLCC–what about you?
