Recycling - Mission & Goals
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About the Mission
The primary mission of the Physical Plant Recycling Program is the
institutionalization of a coordinated, self-supporting, campus-wide paper recycling program.
Establishment of this program will satisfy the mandates of the Oklahoma State Paper
Recycling Act which sets forth the policy that all State institutions should
implement a paper recycling program to recycle paper "to the greatest extent feasible."
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Program Goals
- Establish a campus-wide recycling program
Objective: Comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma State Paper Recycling Act
Objective: Recycle as much paper as is feasible
Objective: Maximize return from the sale of recyclable paper
Objective: Maximize savings on waste disposal charges
Objective: Conserve landfill capacity and natural resources
- Establish a recycled paper products procurement program
Objective: Purchase and use as much recycled paper as is feasible
Objective: Increase the demand for recycled paper products
Objective: Conserve limited landfill capacity and natural resources
- Establish an educational program designed to increase pollution prevention awareness within an beyond the university community
Objective: Familiarize the university community with the provisions of the Paper Recycling Program
Objective: Increase awareness of the importance and methods of pollution prevention
Objective: Foster an environmental ethic and a sense of environmental responsibility
Objective: Transmit knowledge gained from this program to the citizens of Oklahoma via extension
Objective: Establish Oklahoma State University as a leader in the institutionalization of environmentally conscious programs
- Establish a paper reuse, waste paper minimization and source reduction program
Objective: Reduce, as much as possible, the quantity of virgin paper used and paper waste generated by maximizing efficient paper use and reuse
Objective: Maximize savings on waste disposal charges
Objective: Conserve landfill capacity and natural resources
- Expand the paper management program to other solid waste streams
Objective: Adapt the recycling, reuse, reclamation, waste minimization, source reduction, and procurement programs developed for paper management to as many other solid wastes as possible
Objective: Conserve landfill capacity, natural resources and energy
Objective: Increase the demand for recycled products
Objective: Reduce, as much as possible, the amount of solid waste generated
Objective: Reuse as much solid waste as possible before discarding
Objective: Maximize savings on waste disposal charges and new purchase costs
Objective: Foster an environmental ethic among faculty, staff and students
- Establish a materials substitution and alternative use program
Objective: Replace the acquisition and use of hazardous material with environmentally safe materials, as much as possible
Objective: To the extent that satisfactory substitutes cannot be found, minimize the quantitiespurchased and used
Objective: Reduce the quantity discarded by seeking alternate uses before discarding
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