I Pledge to Recycle

By: Candice Silver, Sherry Willey, Hana Alkurdi, and Abel Reedy

Introduction

How many of you purchase school supplies that you never use or throw away?

Enactus strives to improve the quality of life and standard of living for people through student leadership

Decrease large amounts of waste on campus and to raise awareness

Goals

Student involvement

Limited on what we can recycle Currently only cans, plastic

bottles, and paper

Environmental awareness

Help strengthen our campus

Problem

1st Issue Large amounts of wastes daily

on campus Valuable resources, instead of

waste Beneficial to students

2nd Issue Student

awareness/involvement in recycling

Raise membership to organizations

Add to list of environmentally sustainable projects

Plan and Next Steps

Establish new recycling bins for used spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters, and printer cartridges on campus

3 bins installed prior to the spring 2015 semester Student Services Building The McDermott Library Jindal School of Management

Staples will donate $2 towards a brand new notebook New notebooks will be passed out to students during Welcome Week

Staples will give back a refund of $3 for each printer cartridge This refund will go toward a savings fund for future recycling bins or new

recycling programs

The charity, Writing Instrument Brigade, will send shipping labels to bag up the pens, pencils, and highlighters to recycle into new plastic recycling containers

Structure

Position Tasks

Advisor- Make sure organization is following rules Overseeing what the organization achieves Attend all meetings Help us reach various goals

Board of Directors- Act on behalf of the organization’s constituents Determine the organization’s missions and purpose Ensure effective organizational planning Evaluating volunteer performance Enhancing public image

Structure Cont.

Position Tasks

Volunteers- Organization will recruit volunteers from the student body Will be in charge of setting up as well as picking up items

from the bins throughout the school Consolidating all of the donated items Bagging the donated items Preparing the items for shipment Setting up tables to advertise at various events Posting flyers around campus Monitor IPTR Facebook and YouTube page In charge of making trips to Staples

Budget Estimated Estimated

Hours Rate Total

-Voluntary time

Organizing donated supplies for recycling 5hr/wk. $0 $0

Handing out flyers to raise awareness 5hr/wk. $0 $0

-Customizable metal bins from recyclingbin.com to drop off used supplies

3 metal bins $3000.00

Total costs $3000.00

Results and Sustainment

Students will have more options to participate in the campus wide effort to be “green”

Enactus membership will grow due to more visibility and environmental leadership on campus

The program has room for expansion into other recycling efforts and student volunteers will continuously search for new projects

The End