DRAFT November 28, 2000
Some concluding remarks:
It took 2 hours to walk through campus and to record trash can locations on campus and in the parking lots
How many concrete trash cans?
How many plastic trash cans?
How many total?
Top three locations with the greatest number of trash cans per given
area?
Top three locations with the least number of trash cans per given area?
o Most plastic trash cans are located in athletic field and around the
gym and pool areas.
o No concrete trash cans in parking lot.
o No concrete trash cans in any parking lot areas.
o A total of three plastic trash cans located in a single parking lot,
two in the motorcycle parking lot xxxxx and, one at the entry of lot xxxx.
Where we can look for funding to add trash cans to our campus
o District - Board of Trustees
o President's Discretionary account
o General Maintenance & Facilities - State Funding
o Academic Senate
o San Diego Mesa College Foundation
o Associated Students
o REI
o Home Depot
o Target
o City of San Diego
o Urban Corp
o I Love a Clean San Diego
o SAACS
o Department of Chemistry
Cost per gray plastic trash can?
Cost per concrete trash can?
Campaign Slogan?
o Paint and Educate
o Banners, Signs, Flyers, Volunteers, Mesa College Press, Local News
Coverage.
o Prepare a flyer outlining our proposal.
Speakers
o Recycling materials in San Diego
o Recycling Aluminum - the process
o Recycling Plastic - the process
Field Trip & Tour
o Waster Water Facility
o Recycling Facility
Data Still Needed
o Determine which area trash cans are high use trash cans.
o Determine which trash cans could be converted to recycling receptacles
o Survey the students
o After the program is up and running, evaluate successes and pitfalls
Dissemination of Data.
o Present a poster at the October Western Regional Meeting.
o Present a poster at the San Diego 2001 March American Chemical Society
Conference.
o Place a presentation poster in the LRC.
o Mesa Press, ASB newsletter, Mesa newsletter, WE letter
Expansion
o Create a single trash can to be located by the near the chemistry
stockroom
o Locate an area in Pacific Beach were cans can be placed, paint and
educate.
Approval
o SAACS & Department of Chemistry
o Associated Students
o Custodial Staff, Plant Operations
o Academic Senate
o Business Manager and President & President's Cabinet