RECYCLING AT Wwvc INFORMATIONAL REPORT To Wenatchee Valley College ASB By: Christian VazquezINTRODUCTIOT This report focuses on evaluating the availability of recycling bins on the Wenatchee Valley College campus, along with peoples’ knowledge of how to use them. Our team aims to analyze the convenience of the recycling stations on campus. Another goal of this report is to discuss the option of implementing a composting program on campus. Recycling methods in other schools: Many other college that have a recycling program in place recycle the same material as we do. Paper recycling is the primary material recycled that all colleges with a recycling program have.There are a few programs that we found that we could consider implementing. *Composting Composting means recycling food scraps from school lunches and other organic material, like leaves and plant clippings, into nutrient-rich compost. This program has few obstacles that prevents it from being implemented on our campus “Electronics recycling Some schools can recycle old electronics that would otherwise be tossed in landfills and pollute the environment. Electronics such as printer ink cartridges, computers, and monitors are recycled for parts (Douglas Lober 2017). Given how much obsolete technology our campus has, we could benefit from this by updating our computers. Recycling methods on campus: Recycling in WVC is limited to blue recycling stations found in every building that recycle mixed paper, plastic, cans and glass. These stations have four separate bins inside to sort the previously mentioned recyclable material. A few of these stations have two bins for paper instead of glass; such as the one located in front of the main office, where there are hundred of forms present there. There are smaller bins found in offices, computer labs, and art rooms that staff use to accumulate paper and other recyclables to toss into the stations. FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 Figure 1. is one of the usual recycling stations found on campus while figure 2. is one with an extra paper bin, (apologize for the quality of the image.)RECYCLING PROCESS "Plastic The plastic goes to Waste Management, where itis sorted by hand in order to be processed properly.The plastic is shredded into flakes that are then melted to pellets. These pellets are then made into new bottles, containers, plastic lumber, picnic tables, lawn furniture, playground equipment, ete. “Paper Mixed paper is taken to Michelson’ and then sorted by how many times it can be recycled, grades. It is then shredded and cleaned of impurities in a mixture of water and chemicals The paper becomes a pulp and is heated on a conveyor belt by metal rollers that dry the paper. The paper will be put onto large rolls, which can be made into new paper products. *Cans Just lke plastic, aluminum cans are taken to Waste management to be shredded into aluminum chips. The chips are melted in a large furnace in order for the molten aluminum to be poured into ingot molds. The ingots are then taken to a factory to be melted again into rolls of flat aluminum sheets. Fram the sheets, we get new beverage cans, pie pans, licens= plate frames, and aluminum foi “Glass Glass is taken to Waste Management to be sorted by color because the minerals added to create different glasses, which means that colored glass can only produce glass of that same color. After the sorting process is finished, the glass is broken up into smaller pieces known as a “cullet.” The cullet is crushed and prepared to be mixed with other raw materials including sand, soda ash, and limestone. It is then meltad again to make other glass bottles, Jars, and vases. Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity.