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Champaign Recycling |
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by Joanne Messerges
Email: messerge (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified!)
Phone: 355-3088
Address: 505 East White Street, Champaign, IL, 61820 |
20 Feb 2002
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The student group Earth Doctors needs help to extend recycling services to all Champaign residents. Currently, Earth Doctors is attempting to survey Champaign residents and needs community support! |
Attention environmental advocates,
I am the president of the environmental student group Earth Doctors. Our group is working to expand Champaign's recycling services and I am posting this letter to ask for your help and advice.
Currently, greek houses, private housing, and most apartments in Champaign do not have recycling pick-up. In order for these residents to recycle, they would have to drop their recyclables off at the recycling drop-off site at 1701 Hagan Drive (Champaign-east side of Super Kmart). Due to its great distance from most apartments, etc... this drop-off site is not practical for all residents, especially those without cars.
This drop-off site is not a problem for Champaign residents living in single family homes or apartments with up to four units. This is because the City of Champaign has an ordinance which requires trash haulers, licensed in Champaign, to provide these residents with recycling services.
This ordinance does not apply to apartments with more that four units (which is most apartment complexes in Champaign!), Greek houses, or private housing (like Bromley, IT, etc...).
The Champaign City Council's strongest argument against providing recycling for all residents is that students will oppose paying extra for recycling services. $2-$3 per month per apartment for recycling may seem like a painless fee but the Champaign City Council NEEDS proof that residents are willing to pay.
To provide this proof, Earth Doctors has put together a survey that needs to be distributed and filled out by as many apartment, Greek House, and privately owned housing residents as possible. We have dissected the Champaign City into about 40 regions and need your help to survey them. Ideally, we would like to assign 2 people per region and ask them to survey a minimum of 50 residents.
As a small group with a big goal, I am writing for your help. Earth Doctors needs volunteers to help survey the community and analyze the collected data. If you are interested in participating, please let me know. Earth Doctors will be holding an informational meeting for volunteers on
*Event: Survey Info Meeting
*Day: Friday, February 22nd
*Time: 4:00 - 4:30
*Location: U of I campus, Lincoln Hall, room 196
If you cannot attend this meeting but would still like to volunteer, please contact me, Joanne Messerges at messerge (at) uiuc.edu
To view or **fill out** our survey, please check out our website http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/earthdocs/activities.html |
