Quotes about Recycling

"Everyone should look at the paper in their office and find an appropriate way to get rid of it by using either a paper shredder, recycling bins or the old trash can. If one needs to file the paper away, they should create a file index of sorts that lists all of the file categories."
-Patty Wolf

"We think this is key to making recycling stand out and be recognizable by passer-bys."
-Jenna Frosch

"Originally, we had a lesson on recycling at homemakers. The state was pushing it at the time and I thought it was a great idea, and I am a green person."
-Delores Swehla

"We need to educate people and provide convenient recycling opportunities."
-Aaron Baker

"It helps close the loop and support recycling locally to be making stuff out of recycled products."
-Carly Wier

"I kind of followed that sound, thinking someone somewhere was recycling some glass. I end up meeting Ken Kyle (and) he told me a little bit about his business."
-Sean Wilson

"I think this was really successful. We?re going to crunch the numbers and produce an action report for the college so they can improve recycling around campus."
-Jon Keesecker

"I really think this could be a springboard to improve recycling on campus."
-Jon Keesecker

"Pallet recycling normally requires a lot of physical labor ... but you can earn a fair living doing that."
-Chaille Brindley

"Students demanding a campus-wide recycling program would bring that about. President Bryant is very interested in what students care about. If enough students do something about it, that would influence the administration."
-Don Judd

"The theme this year is kind of a recycling theme. So we'll be making a lot of projects out of recycled materials."
-Sondra Hines

"When I worked in Ames at the recycling center we had two containers - pop cans and two-liter bottles. Now we have seven different sizes in plastic, and they expect us to separate them all out. Do all of that on the same penny."
-Mari Vanderwal

"It's said that we need to get students actively involved in the process. [The recycling program] would provide a very tangible way to participate If the program would generate funds, can't we use them to pay someone to empty the bins?"
-Rachel Davis

"We see a lot of cardboard, glass, and plastic bottles in commercial garbage bins that should be recycled. We're more than happy to work with businesses to get them started with recycling and we hope they'll cooperate."
-Peter Russell

"If you partake of a living tree, you should be recycling it."
-Andrew Cole

"Enhancing the recycling, supplemented by improving degradable packaging, should be the future direction of dealing with one-off tableware pollution."
-Tang Saizhen

"The blue bag program helps the recycling numbers here at the landfill. We need to be above 25 percent, and the state's goal is 50 percent."
-Mark Kunkel

"I've seen so much progress. We have come from recycling about 100,000 tons a year 15 years ago to more than 500,000 tons."
-Suzanne Jones

"It's a gentle nudge. We want all students to learn the basics of recycling and conservation."
-Karen Bryant

"We had the most forward-looking and aggressive recycling bill in the country."
-Larry Martin

"Individuals of all ages can make an important difference in the overall health of our ocean by the actions they take every day. Simple things like picking up trash on the beach, recycling and conserving water can have a big impact on the health of our ocean."
-Ted Danson

"(We) are pleased to see them join Dell and H-P in providing free computer recycling for their customers."
-Robin Schneider

"Here, all waste will be viewed as a recycling opportunity."
-Beezer Molten

"In its first year of operation, the Denver project has seen an 18 percent increase in recycling."
-Lynn Brown

"What we've seen in the last couple of years is flat recycling percentages. This Recycling Rewards program is part of an entire strategy to increase the amount of recyclables coming into our [materials recycling] facility."
-Karen Fiedler

"This is the only university I've been to that doesn't have campus-wide recycling. In a way it's embarrassing."
-Don Judd

"Fun way to remind folks in our community about the importance of recycling."
-Jerry Abramson

"Right now we charge a fee to recycle them, but we weren't charging a fee to landfill them. So we're hoping by charging a fee for the land filling of those items, we will encourage more recycling of those items."
-George Dreckmann