Central Michigan University needs more trash cans in better locations on campus.
The campus gets so overridden with trash that it has become necessary to have campus clean-up days to offer some sort of solution to the problem.
One group of students hosted its own campus clean-up day and picked up sixteen 10-gallon bags of garbage in less than three hours.
Listening to the students on campus, many of them are concerned about the amount of litter that exists.
While the cans next to the buildings are helpful, there are not enough of them in the places that they are most needed.
It is sad to say but, when students do not have a place to throw their trash, many throw it on the ground. By giving them a place to dispose of their garbage, Central will have a much cleaner campus. Having trash on the ground when admissions tours come through give Central a bad and dirty image.
That is not the kind of image Central should have.
A possible solution for this issue is adding trash cans to the most highly trafficked areas.
Some of the biggest locations that need attention are the commuter lots.
This was the area the students really focused on during their clean-up day.
The commuter lots have a very limited number of trash cans in the surrounding area.
One possible solution is adding waste receptacles to the light posts in the parking lots. Though these added trash cans would not solve the entire problem, but it would be a start.
Nicholas D. Smith
Rochester sophomore
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I agree that we need more trash and recycling bins around campus, but there is NO EXCUSE for anyone to throw their garbage on the ground. How hard is it to hold on to your coffee cup or whatever until you get to a trash can? We are adults and should not be inconsiderate by expecting others to pick up after us.
Recycle at CMU is working hard to increase the number of recycling receptacles around campus. Up to 80% of “garbage” is actually recyclable! So, instead of providing more trash cans, a better option would be to provide more recycling receptacles and educate the students at CMU on the power of recycling!
At first I thought this was about cleaning up the trash that can be seen walking down on main st. firday and saturday night
To recyclefreak..
I’m all for recycling, but only to a degree. Sometimes I wonder if some of these environmentalists are following these ways just because…
Why not have a “use less” initiative?
I see people carrying around those 80 lb capacity bookstore backs that are holding nothing but a single book or a pack of gum..why not focus on things like that instead of just recycling..which may or may not be as useful as people praise it to be?