College Clean-Up – Lots and Lots and Lots of Trash
Posted by trashslasher on 09 Apr 2009 at 06:14 pm | Tagged as: News, Uncategorized, events
21 dedicated and hardy souls braved the cold and wind of a blustery Tuesday afternoon to collect trash/recyclables from around the outdoor sports area of the campus.
most of the clean-up group
It was amazing just how much trash was collected. And there is still a lot more out there. Surprisingly, out of all of this, there was only one small bag of material that could be recycled.
Todd Horton with his pickup filled with trash
Many campus groups were represented, including Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (co-sponsors of this event), International Student Association, Student Veterans Association at Parkland, Service Learning, Parkland Reads, and Sustainable Campus Committee. There were also students from a Biology 104 class as well as from Gina Walls’ SOC 101 class.
students from Sociology 101
Afterwards, most of the group headed back to the Gallery Lounge for a satisfying dinner of sandwiches, chips, cookies and drinks – all generously provided by Student Life.
llinois Professional Land Surveyors Association, Sustainable Campus Committee and Parkland Reads are sponsoring one more Clean-Up on Tuesday, April 21 from 3 – 5 pm. We’ll again be meeting at the bleachers near the track.
We hope to see you then!
It was eye-opening to see so much debris under the bleachers. It was also obvious the plastic bottles and pop cans hadn’t been there very long (was there a game last week?). Come on sports fans, you can do better than that. Take ‘em home or at least put them in the bins out near the field.