I checked into university housing. Along with my keys and receipt I received a recycled pin, notebook and zipper pouch. I was excited they were promoting recycling! I made my way to my room and settled in. I did not find any recycling bins in my apartment...hhhmmm.
September 29, 2008
I asked Wilson Choi, one of the workers at the university halls reception desk if there was any recycling being done on campus. He stated there was NOT, but I could go to the Northwick Park train station and drop off my newspapers and magazines there, which is near campus but there are only two very small recycling bins.
In the mean time I gathered my recycling and saved it in a few bags I had. I used and reused things that had another use for them rather then just sending them to the recycling or garbage bins.
My recycling started building up pretty fast, so...
I went to the Northwick Park Tube Station and found two small bins located outside the station exit. They are very small bins and most of the time very full. This location is some distance from the campus and by no means capable of holding even the smallest portion of the campus recycling.
I started walking around the university campus taking photographs..
After walking for a few minutes I did find recycling bins, but they only recycled glass.
October 2, 2008
I spoke with David Morris, the man that collects our trash, about recycling on campus. He told me there was a bin, but the students were using it to put their every day garbage into it and there was not much being done about correcting it.
I FINALLY found the recycling bins on campus!! There is one set of bins on the campus, located near the parking area and the glass structure on the halls. I must admit, if I was not looking for them you would not find them. There are no signs to show this is a recycling area. I walked by them before and had no idea they were there.
I looked inside the bins and they were empty, except for a few bits of rubbish.
October 30, 2008
The residential assistants, Charlotte Bracey, Lucy Brinicombe and Andrew Bailey, the Senior Residential Assistant came to our apartment to ask if we needed anything. I asked them if there was any recycling on campus and where it was actually located. The two women (they both work at the campus mind you) looked at each other and were not sure about any recycling being done at all. The male assistant told me about the recycling bins and where to find them. He said they weren’t being used much and most students were using them as garbage bins rather than recycling.
October 31, 2008
I spoke to the trash collector again today. He told me the students were using the recycling bins for their garbage instead of walking a few feet further to use the garbage bin. I asked him if he knew how often the recycling bins were being collected or if there was much being done about the issue. He wasn’t sure about the schedule, but knew there was little being done about the lack of information on the subject.
