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A Brief
History of Recycling at St. Thomas
In
the fall of 1988, recycling began in earnest at St. Thomas with the collection of office
paper and newspaper.
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An
excellent reception for the pilot program from students and staff encouraged expansion of
the program. The proposals for the new campus recycling program were student initiated.
The first two recycling coordinators were St. Thomas students.
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Sponsorship
and financial support for the fledgling program were volunteered by the Physical Plant.
Recycling containers, balers, publicity and storage were provided.
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In
the fall of 1991, the old trash room on the Murray Hall dock was vacated when a outside
trash compactor was installed. The recycling program was given the room for its first
"recycling center" complete with a cardboard baler and a can baler which
operated in the basement boiler room.
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Early
in 1993 after the completion of the new Physical Plant building addition, the present
recycling center opened on the Plant dock. The 1200 square foot center is the main staging
area for the sorting and transportation of UST recyclables. It is equipped with a
cardboard baler, a magnetic conveyer belt for separation of steel and aluminum, a can
crusher, and a plastic baler.
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In
1993 after the completion of Terrence Murphy Hall at 1000 LaSalle, another recycling room
was added to University Recycling on the loading dock of the
building. It is equipped with a Vertech M-72 cardboard baler.
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2003 with the completion of University of St. Thomas School of Law across the street from Terrence Murphy Hall
in downtown Minneapolis, another recycling room came on line with its own
Vertech M-72 cardboard baler located on the loading dock of the
UST School of Law.
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