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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, March 6,1
I
News
News Editor: Heather Hartman
Telephone: (209) 278-2486
Center: Track team answers call for campus recycling
Continued from page 1.
Estes said.
Another problem is plastic. Be¬
cause there are 14 different combi¬
nations of chemicals in plastic, sort¬
ing it can be a real headache. Bairos
Recycling picks up most
recyclables and sorts the glass and
plastic at their yard. Bairos has also
loaned bins to the Recycling Cen¬
ter.
Estes points out that the Recy¬
cling Center has come a long way
since the track team took over its
operation.
In 1980, the Center was taking
in about 200,000 pounds of
recyclables per year. Now, the
amount is close to a million pounds.
In 1980, the Center only took four
items: newspaper, glass, aluminum
and cardboard. Now the center has
a list of 14 items they recycle, in¬
cluding glossy paper, colored paper,
white and computer paper, glass,
steel and pallets.
When the ASI placed an ad for
someone to take over the dilapi¬
dated, trashy eyesore, the track
team was the only interest
nization.
"I personally hauled 15 loads of
trash in my own pick-up," Estes
said. ,
When the track team took over
the operation from the Ecology
Club, the site was unpaved, muddy
and had no bins for recyclables.
"The Ecology Club is really in¬
terested in whales and stuff— but
not too interested in work. The
place was turning into a real dump,
with garbage spilling out into the
street,*' Estes said. "When we took
over the Recycling Center, we
promised ASI two things: that we
would clean up the center and keep
it clean."
Since the recycling center is self-
supporting, Estes scrounged for
broken bins to be repaired by weld¬
ers on campus.
The recycling center applied for
a grant to improve the center for
three years in a row.
In 1986, $11,000 was finally
awarded by the state, from redemp¬
tion funds established by the Bottle
Bill.
The bill mandates redemption
charges on many recyclable con¬
tainers, and proceeds are earmarked
for recycling efforts.
The money was used to pave the
center.
While the center now clears
about $300 per month, certain fac¬
tors spell financial trouble.
Recyclables, as commodities,
fluctuate in price. Cardboard and
newspaper can go as high as $150/
ton or as it did for six months last
year, drop to $15/ton — disastrous
for the center.
Theft has been a problem in the
past and can also eat into profit
Estes pointed to the computer
paper bin, which had its lock bro¬
ken last year by thieves.
Computer paper goes for $1.15
per pound and was the target of a
thief who was apprehended last
November. /
"They can be very sneaky,"
Estes said. "They'll be taking stuff
out and somebody will come up to
them and they'll act like they were
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The Recycling Center is located on Barstow Ave. on the CSUF campus.
'The Daily Collegian
really putting it in."
Campus Officer Ray Mendoza
recalls the arrest last year.
An anonymous caller reported
somebody taking computer paper.
By the time Mendoza arrived, the
suspect's truck was heading east on
Barstow Avenue.
The man tried to tell Mendoza
that he had found the paper behind
a store.
"But when I looked at the pa¬
per, some of it said Kennel Book-
stare, Food Service or had Fresno
State on it somewhere," Mendoza
said.
Mendoza remembers checking
in on some people at the Recycling
center about a year ago. "I heard
some noise in one of the bins. I
didn't know what it was. It rums out about his job is that he gets to meet
this guy had put his 12-year-old son so many people in offices across
in the aluminum can bin so he could campus.
toss the cans out to him," Mendoza
said.
The aluminum can bin is a tube
bin, so stealing from it is not easy.
Estes checks the Recycling Cen¬
ter daily.
"If I didn't come by Saturday
and Sunday nights, it would be a
mess by Monday, since weekends
are big for people to bring in mate¬
rial," he said.
Some track team members vol-
He does not like it, however,
when people say, "Here comes the
trash man."
"I don't pick up trash," Padilla
said.
Estes, gesturing around his of¬
fice cluttered with momentos and
photos of his years at Fresno State,
said he hates to throw anything
away.
His plans for the future are a
large, circular driveway for the Re-
unteer at the Recycling Center and ^cycling Center. Estes said he is
two track team members are paid thankful to all the people who bring
employees. in recyclables, but wished they
Tim Padilla, who works 20 would be more careful about sort-
hours a week, said the best part ing the materials brought in.
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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, March 6,1
I
News
News Editor: Heather Hartman
Telephone: (209) 278-2486
Center: Track team answers call for campus recycling
Continued from page 1.
Estes said.
Another problem is plastic. Be¬
cause there are 14 different combi¬
nations of chemicals in plastic, sort¬
ing it can be a real headache. Bairos
Recycling picks up most
recyclables and sorts the glass and
plastic at their yard. Bairos has also
loaned bins to the Recycling Cen¬
ter.
Estes points out that the Recy¬
cling Center has come a long way
since the track team took over its
operation.
In 1980, the Center was taking
in about 200,000 pounds of
recyclables per year. Now, the
amount is close to a million pounds.
In 1980, the Center only took four
items: newspaper, glass, aluminum
and cardboard. Now the center has
a list of 14 items they recycle, in¬
cluding glossy paper, colored paper,
white and computer paper, glass,
steel and pallets.
When the ASI placed an ad for
someone to take over the dilapi¬
dated, trashy eyesore, the track
team was the only interest
nization.
"I personally hauled 15 loads of
trash in my own pick-up," Estes
said. ,
When the track team took over
the operation from the Ecology
Club, the site was unpaved, muddy
and had no bins for recyclables.
"The Ecology Club is really in¬
terested in whales and stuff— but
not too interested in work. The
place was turning into a real dump,
with garbage spilling out into the
street,*' Estes said. "When we took
over the Recycling Center, we
promised ASI two things: that we
would clean up the center and keep
it clean."
Since the recycling center is self-
supporting, Estes scrounged for
broken bins to be repaired by weld¬
ers on campus.
The recycling center applied for
a grant to improve the center for
three years in a row.
In 1986, $11,000 was finally
awarded by the state, from redemp¬
tion funds established by the Bottle
Bill.
The bill mandates redemption
charges on many recyclable con¬
tainers, and proceeds are earmarked
for recycling efforts.
The money was used to pave the
center.
While the center now clears
about $300 per month, certain fac¬
tors spell financial trouble.
Recyclables, as commodities,
fluctuate in price. Cardboard and
newspaper can go as high as $150/
ton or as it did for six months last
year, drop to $15/ton — disastrous
for the center.
Theft has been a problem in the
past and can also eat into profit
Estes pointed to the computer
paper bin, which had its lock bro¬
ken last year by thieves.
Computer paper goes for $1.15
per pound and was the target of a
thief who was apprehended last
November. /
"They can be very sneaky,"
Estes said. "They'll be taking stuff
out and somebody will come up to
them and they'll act like they were
I'
'hm*
r'
r
^~^ \*i
»'V
[fci^.^
^ •rtfj
Hfc/y j
to&tf'-iy.v*
f*lM
BRBBi
§s
■ tonus Hj
\\\\j^dl^mm
H^S^ 1
w^*^
-■*?'N' *i '■'■
.
Moysis Nicolaou ■
The Recycling Center is located on Barstow Ave. on the CSUF campus.
'The Daily Collegian
really putting it in."
Campus Officer Ray Mendoza
recalls the arrest last year.
An anonymous caller reported
somebody taking computer paper.
By the time Mendoza arrived, the
suspect's truck was heading east on
Barstow Avenue.
The man tried to tell Mendoza
that he had found the paper behind
a store.
"But when I looked at the pa¬
per, some of it said Kennel Book-
stare, Food Service or had Fresno
State on it somewhere," Mendoza
said.
Mendoza remembers checking
in on some people at the Recycling
center about a year ago. "I heard
some noise in one of the bins. I
didn't know what it was. It rums out about his job is that he gets to meet
this guy had put his 12-year-old son so many people in offices across
in the aluminum can bin so he could campus.
toss the cans out to him," Mendoza
said.
The aluminum can bin is a tube
bin, so stealing from it is not easy.
Estes checks the Recycling Cen¬
ter daily.
"If I didn't come by Saturday
and Sunday nights, it would be a
mess by Monday, since weekends
are big for people to bring in mate¬
rial," he said.
Some track team members vol-
He does not like it, however,
when people say, "Here comes the
trash man."
"I don't pick up trash," Padilla
said.
Estes, gesturing around his of¬
fice cluttered with momentos and
photos of his years at Fresno State,
said he hates to throw anything
away.
His plans for the future are a
large, circular driveway for the Re-
unteer at the Recycling Center and ^cycling Center. Estes said he is
two track team members are paid thankful to all the people who bring
employees. in recyclables, but wished they
Tim Padilla, who works 20 would be more careful about sort-
hours a week, said the best part ing the materials brought in.
Where ever you are —
^ just point your
browser
http://vvww.csufresno.edu/Collegian
lassmetis
<■-..
Kennel Bookstore
Clothing Department • 278-4267
Save 20%
On All .^
Basketball
Merchandise!
•Basketball Clothing
•Basketball Caps
•Tark Items
Offer expires March 9,1996
■&
FRESNO STATE
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