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UST Expands Recycling Program
2/26/2008
 UST is getting greener. Four sets of recycling bins for plastic, paper, glass and aluminum have been added to campus and are located outside Robertson Hall and in Jerabeck Center, Crooker Center and Guinan Hall.
Students and faculty began the recycling push targeting paper in 2007, and its success led to the focus this year on other recyclable materials.
In the period from December 2007 to January 2008, the campus recycled more than 3,800 pounds of paper, thanks to the efforts of UST student and recycling coordinator Murray Myers and Sr. Damien Marie Savino, FSE. They worked together with the Student Government Association and the Environmentally Concerned Organization of Students to implement the recycling program. Sr. Damien Marie, who is an assistant professor of biology and Catholic studies, says she feels encouraged by the UST community’s interest in environmentally friendly practices.
In addition to recycling, last fall a committee of administrators and faculty discussed energy conservation initiatives such as planting thousands of native trees in the Houston area to offset a percentage of the carbon dioxide emitted annually by the University. Within the next two decades, committee members want to make UST carbon neutral.
Members of ECOS, of which Myers is co-president, have initiated tree-planting projects with Trees for Houston and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, and hope to work with other Houston organizations in the future in this effort.
Financial help to purchase the recycling bins came from the Student Government Association; Dr. Maury Harris, associate professor and chair of Environmental Studies; and Dr. Steve Sutton, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.
Offices and departments interested in recycling paper can contact Sr. Damien Marie at 713-525-3894 or recycling@stthom.edu to find out how to obtain a bin.
Any students who would like to volunteer to help with recycling duties can contact Murray Myers at recycling@stthom.edu.
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