The students working on the Forest Justice campaign like Dele Akinpelu have indeed broke ground for a more promising effort to achieve the goals stated in the spring action plan. This is EARTH Week here at WSU, to kick start tings off, how about we opt for better office solution, more greening in the workplace. Going green is not just for students, it can be for , admins, faculty as well as workers. Today’s feature was “Environmental Office Products EarthDay”, which of course was publicized on the Wayne state’s pipeline website. Many companies from HP, Avery, Pilot, Fellowes, Boise, Esselte, Office Max, and a few more were present on the second floor of the student center in Hilberry rooms A, B, and C from 10:00 to 12:30 pm. Many spokesperson from their groups were offering as well as showcasing their newest product and how they offer more easy for the consumer and the environment.
This was vital to supporters of the Forest Justice Program since stated in the action plan, that these things were going to be clanged:
· Reduce our consumption of paper to about 12% to 40%
· Use 70% Post Consumer Waste paper in offices then eventually campus-wide.
· Put rfid tags to quantify and monitor how much paper is being recycled per semester
· Try to add pens of all sort, foam materials, batteries, and glass along to recyclables.
This was the excellent opportunity to make a changeand speak with heads from the different manufacturing companies. I had the chance to speak with Steve Metz, Regional Account Manager of Hp, who informed me of new recycling programs to start here on campus. It would allow us students who print like crazy for numerous party flyers, directions, advertising and oh yea essays and termpapers. This will be very convienantto have since we many throw them away. We can no much more with the empty cartridges which is to now recycle them in many drop boxes on campus. We are looking forward to this amenity and also the university benefits from this with incentives points that accrue. So it seems like a win win predicament for now, that’s all we know for that. We will stay tuned in for these new services from Hp. Office Max is a huge client of Wayne State’s who hosted the event and gave out many treats and from paraphernalia. I was able to speak with Mrs Molly McKiernan, who is the business realtionship manager. She certified for a fact that all the paper recieved from Wayne State University is 30% post consumer waste PCW, and it can and will be bumped up to 60 % PCW. This is progress being made as to reduce our consumption of paper over all as a university then eventually to the neighboring communities.
