i pledge to recycle
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I Pledge to Recycle
By: Candice Silver, Sherry Willey, Hana Alkurdi, and Abel Reedy
Introduction
How many of you purchase school supplies that you never use or throw away?
Enactus strives to improve the quality of life and standard of living for people through student leadership
Decrease large amounts of waste on campus and to raise awareness
Goals
Student involvement
Limited on what we can recycle Currently only cans, plastic
bottles, and paper
Environmental awareness
Help strengthen our campus
Problem
1st Issue Large amounts of wastes daily
on campus Valuable resources, instead of
waste Beneficial to students
2nd Issue Student
awareness/involvement in recycling
Raise membership to organizations
Add to list of environmentally sustainable projects
Plan and Next Steps
Establish new recycling bins for used spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters, and printer cartridges on campus
3 bins installed prior to the spring 2015 semester Student Services Building The McDermott Library Jindal School of Management
Staples will donate $2 towards a brand new notebook New notebooks will be passed out to students during Welcome Week
Staples will give back a refund of $3 for each printer cartridge This refund will go toward a savings fund for future recycling bins or new
recycling programs
The charity, Writing Instrument Brigade, will send shipping labels to bag up the pens, pencils, and highlighters to recycle into new plastic recycling containers
Structure
Position Tasks
Advisor- Make sure organization is following rules Overseeing what the organization achieves Attend all meetings Help us reach various goals
Board of Directors- Act on behalf of the organization’s constituents Determine the organization’s missions and purpose Ensure effective organizational planning Evaluating volunteer performance Enhancing public image
Structure Cont.
Position Tasks
Volunteers- Organization will recruit volunteers from the student body Will be in charge of setting up as well as picking up items
from the bins throughout the school Consolidating all of the donated items Bagging the donated items Preparing the items for shipment Setting up tables to advertise at various events Posting flyers around campus Monitor IPTR Facebook and YouTube page In charge of making trips to Staples
Budget Estimated Estimated
Hours Rate Total
-Voluntary time
Organizing donated supplies for recycling 5hr/wk. $0 $0
Handing out flyers to raise awareness 5hr/wk. $0 $0
-Customizable metal bins from recyclingbin.com to drop off used supplies
3 metal bins $3000.00
Total costs $3000.00
Results and Sustainment
Students will have more options to participate in the campus wide effort to be “green”
Enactus membership will grow due to more visibility and environmental leadership on campus
The program has room for expansion into other recycling efforts and student volunteers will continuously search for new projects
The End