Competition
hopes to revive recycling
By Yoshinori Okada
On-line Forty-Niner
A
recycling competition was launched Tuesday
for those who are interested in recycling,
winning a prize and fund raising at Cal
State Long Beach.
The idea was suggested and developed by
two branches of Associated Students Inc.:
the Recycling Center and the Conservation
Commission, in an attempt to encourage recycling
on campus, said Dana Lebental, assistant
commissioner of the commission and senior
political science major.
“It’s really easy to recycle and people
think it’s a hard thing, they find it a
challenge to recycle and they won’t do it,”
Lebental said. “Our purpose is to increase
recycling, to show people how easy it is
to recycle, how it takes no time and how
they can make money recycling.”
Every participant, from campus clubs and
organizations to individual students, will
compete to see who can bring in the most
recyclable materials — paper, cardboard,
aluminum, plastic — to the Recycling Center,
according to Kirsten Stava, a coordinator
of the center. Those recyclables are weighed
at the center and converted to scores, five
points per pound for paper, 10 points for
cardboard and 15 points for aluminum. The
one who earns the highest score will be
receive a prize.
The first prize for the competition will
be 25 free massages by Rod Sarvis, the second
will be a “Recycle or Die” T-shirt and the
third will be 100 varieties of condoms from
The Rubbertree located on Second Street,
Stava said.
Even without the prize, participants can
benefit by earning some money in exchange
for California Redemption Value materials.
Aluminum cans pay $1 per pound and PETE
#1 plastic bottles get 41 cents per pound,
according to Stava.
“We want to raise the money for the groups,”
said senior health science major Debra Yee,
who represents Campus Crusade for
Christ and the Radiation Therapy Program.
“I always recycle and I think that’s a good
thing. I want to encourage my groups to
do the same thing. And if we can make money
doing it, that’s better.”
The whole month of November is the initial
term for the competition. The commission
will count the points earned by each group
at the end of the month to announce the
winners on Dec. 5, Lebental said.
“I feel that it is going to be a very close
competition and can’t wait to see the results,”
Lebental said.
While this is a brand-new event, the commission
is planning to make it a once-a-semester
event, setting the next one next April.
For more information regarding the competition,
please contact the A.S.I. Conservation Commission
at (562) 985-5241.
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