Spring Break
Running to recycle
Kate Slomkowski
Issue date: 4/1/05 Section: News
Wadach said she hopes the enthusiasm generated on campus by the drive will carry over to the local community. The outreach will benefit the growth of the drive for semesters to come.
Comprone said the sneaker drive is a positive addition to the recycling program UConn was required to install in 1991 because of a new state regulation that required recycling in all state agencies.
"The university is doing well [in it's recycling program]," Comprone said. "We have to reduce waste every year by 20 percent, but we manage 25 percent per year."
Comprone said the UConn community is tough to manage since it is up to the students to choose whether or not to support the recycling program.
Mark Hood, a graduate student in the Natural Resource Management and Engineering program, has been involved in the drive by volunteering his skills as president of the Soil Water Conservation Society (SWCS).
"We've been talking about the sneaker drive since last Earth Day," Hood said. "[SWSCS] hopes to be continually involved in long run. I hope to see real benefits to people in the surrounding community."
Wadach said on Earth Day, April 22, she hopes to gain media attention by filling a dumpster with the collected shoes next to Gampel Pavilion. The dumpster will demonstrate the waste that would have gone to landfills.
Hood said the members of SWSC will manage a display by the dumpster that has samples of what the sneakers will be made into.
Wadach said that UConn is not the only university looking for publicity for the sneaker drive.
"Yale is also doing a similar program," Wadach said. "And they're going to highlight it on the next day, Saturday, April 23, so we're hoping that UConn can yet again show our championship qualities in an environmental event."
Comprone said the sneaker drive is a positive addition to the recycling program UConn was required to install in 1991 because of a new state regulation that required recycling in all state agencies.
"The university is doing well [in it's recycling program]," Comprone said. "We have to reduce waste every year by 20 percent, but we manage 25 percent per year."
Comprone said the UConn community is tough to manage since it is up to the students to choose whether or not to support the recycling program.
Mark Hood, a graduate student in the Natural Resource Management and Engineering program, has been involved in the drive by volunteering his skills as president of the Soil Water Conservation Society (SWCS).
"We've been talking about the sneaker drive since last Earth Day," Hood said. "[SWSCS] hopes to be continually involved in long run. I hope to see real benefits to people in the surrounding community."
Wadach said on Earth Day, April 22, she hopes to gain media attention by filling a dumpster with the collected shoes next to Gampel Pavilion. The dumpster will demonstrate the waste that would have gone to landfills.
Hood said the members of SWSC will manage a display by the dumpster that has samples of what the sneakers will be made into.
Wadach said that UConn is not the only university looking for publicity for the sneaker drive.
"Yale is also doing a similar program," Wadach said. "And they're going to highlight it on the next day, Saturday, April 23, so we're hoping that UConn can yet again show our championship qualities in an environmental event."