College Community Supports Sustainability Efforts
In April 2009, Northwest Vista College held the 10th annual Earth Day celebration with students, employees and community partners planning and engaging in the activities. One of our traditional activities is the planting of trees on campus with the support of area elementary schools. The college’s recycling team, in existence for the last three years, was on hand to promote the “Clean and Green Campaign” and to collect trash and recyclable materials during Earth Day. The group is made up of volunteer employee members and some student representatives who pick up recyclable materials twice a week and take it to a centralized location on campus for pick up. Currently our recycling program
includes paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles. In 2007, the college began to track recycling data. Below are the results of our collective efforts. Recycled at Northwest Vista College from 2007 - 2009*: • 10,980 plastic bottles • 14,304 aluminum cans • 20,350 pounds cardboard • 51.74 tons of paper *Data provided by Green Star