Hickey Dining Hall joins an environmental trend
Eileen Cotter
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: Opinion
The Hickey Dining Hall replaced ketchup and mustard bottles on the tables with condiment- dispensing pumps to cut down on waste. Two hundred bottles a week were being thrown away or stolen in the Hickey alone. Yearly numbers were reported in the thousands.
This small step in the right direction will hopefully have St. Bonaventure University thinking seriously about how the university affects the environment.
Although small changes to conserve may inconvenience students, the lasting effects of conservation are necessary and will benefit students long term.
The rest of campus should fall in line with the Hickey's display of "going green." Garbage all over St. Bonaventure can be recycled and consolidated. Paper recycling receptacles need to be accessible in all residence halls. Classrooms could include boxes for scrap paper and black cans for bottles outside buildings such as Plassmann Hall need to be labeled more clearly.
All students need to participate in turning the university into a more environmentally friendly institution. Adjusting daily habits in small steps adds up to big improvements. Such action will keep the campus - and planet.
This small step in the right direction will hopefully have St. Bonaventure University thinking seriously about how the university affects the environment.
Although small changes to conserve may inconvenience students, the lasting effects of conservation are necessary and will benefit students long term.
The rest of campus should fall in line with the Hickey's display of "going green." Garbage all over St. Bonaventure can be recycled and consolidated. Paper recycling receptacles need to be accessible in all residence halls. Classrooms could include boxes for scrap paper and black cans for bottles outside buildings such as Plassmann Hall need to be labeled more clearly.
All students need to participate in turning the university into a more environmentally friendly institution. Adjusting daily habits in small steps adds up to big improvements. Such action will keep the campus - and planet.
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