Don’t Leave Trash Behind — Take It With You!

Dear Students,

Recycling requires the participation of many people, and nowhere is this more necessary than on a college campus. This spring, Baruch College is launching the “Take It With You” campaign designed to strengthen the College’s recycling efforts by reminding the campus community to take their trash out of the classroom and place it in the proper receptacles.

Baruch College’s Task Force on Sustainability is leading the charge with a marketing effort that includes strategically placed recycling and trash receptacles, posters, digital screen messaging and a banner. With our new program in place, we are encouraging YOU and faculty to take the time to separate your trash and place it in the communal bins. We are working to place additional receptacles in convenient areas. If you see an area that could use additional recycling and landfill bins, please let us know by contacting us at Sustainability@baruch.cuny.edu.

You will soon see custodial staff collecting recyclables and landfill trash using three-compartment carts. This will help to maintain your trash separation.

Learn how to “Take It With You,” by watching your peers and professors doing their part in this video.

For more information about the “Take It With You” campaign and Going Green at Baruch visit the Task Force on Sustainability Website.

Things to Consider:

• If Baruch effectively recycled half of all recyclable materials we currently send to the landfill, we would be removing the equivalent of 189 passenger cars from the roadway each year.
• While recycling is great, limiting consumption is even better. Instead of buying hundreds of plastic bottles, use metal, glass or BPA-free refillable bottles. Aside from the environmental and health benefits, it will save you money.
• Stay involved! Recycling demonstrates your commitment to protecting the environment, yourself and the people you love.

The Recycling Committee thanks you for all of your support. Take It With You, and help us keep the momentum going!

Best wishes for a successful semester,

The Baruch College Task Force on Sustainability