The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE 48 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY FEBRAUARY 1, 1989 UW drags its feet on recycling The University of Waterloo is dragâ€" ging its feet in establishing a fullâ€" fledged recycling program on campus, charges Kara Symbolic a researcher with Waterloo Public Interest Reâ€" search Group (WPIRG). ‘"The university should contribute its part to recycling," said Symbolic. "The university is the largest generaâ€" tor of waste in Waterloo. "There is currently a fine paper recycling project on campus, but it doesn‘t divert nearly enough waste for Waterloo‘s citizens to breathe a sigh of relief." Under the system, portable wheeled carts would have been distributed across campus. McLellan would have picked up the carts with a sideâ€"loadâ€" ing truck, and recycled the materials. According to Symbolic, the plan was derailed when the university, rather than supporting the system, began negouating with Laidlaw Waste Sys tems Ltd to implement a recycling program on campus. A smallâ€"scale recycling project es tablished on campus in February 1988 by WPIRG was suspended when federal funding ran out. Under the program. newspaper, glass and tin was recycled from a handful of locaâ€" tions across campus. WPIRG attempted to expand the project to campus residences, cafeterâ€" ias and other buildings, and contacted McLellan Disposal Services Ltd of Mount Forest to establish a decentralâ€" ized system of collection, said Symbolâ€" 1C Negotiations with Laidlaw were undertaken because the: university has a waste disposal contract with the firm. said Shaun Sloan, director of plant operations for the university. Sybmolic counters that the universiâ€" ty was aware of the discussions with McLellan over the summer, even while negotiating with Laidlaw to renew a twoâ€"year waste disposal conâ€" September, said Symbolic. Sloan would not confirm the timing. Under the contract with Laidlaw, the disposal company pays the cost of the tipping fee at the regional landfill site. currently $28. The university wouldâ€"like a share of the money saved through recycling a portion of the waste stream, said Sloan. McLellan had not submitted a sucâ€" cessful bid for waste disposal when the contract was up for tender, he added Symbolic said she fears the univerâ€" sity may establish an unworkable recycling program on campus, that would require students to carry their waste to one of several centrally favored use of central bins. The university, prefers to utilize staff to pick up recyclables from a few locaâ€" tions on campus, such as the‘resiâ€" dences and cafeterias, and transport them to central bins. located bins. A proposal should be judged on whether it meets the needs of the students in being able to practically participate, rather than making it easy for Laidlaw to pick up, said That may include wheeled buckets in a large number of locations, and a vehicle equipped to pick up the buckâ€" Fairway Centre, 500 Feirway Road. Waterioo Town 75 King Street, South Thus.£ri. 9:30â€"0:00 Mon.â€"Fri. 9:30â€"0:30 menm mm mm n e mecimnd e mrine t ementt ic im oo unA hn 100 dare dn 2900 + * aigi riiaalitAtieaks ue rmwas + ~ > _ Hanion Park Mail, u-o--a-q.] 218 Siivercreok Parkway, .. Gueiph (at Speedvate Ave.) ,