Students, staff should recycle to set example

The recycling program is finally up and running.
We are glad recycling and saving the world have become priorities for those who participate at SUU, even if it doesn’t save a lot of money.
Recycling bins can be found around campus. Bins for white paper and newspaper are in computer labs, the University Journal office, the Centrum and the Living Room of the Sharwan Smith Center. Bins for aluminum cans are in the Centrum.
Oasee Malhotra, Earth Club president, said there are plans to add more recycling bins to common areas such as the Library and the dorms.
We urge students to take advantage of the opportunity to improve the Earth’s environment.
Some recyclable resources, such as newsprint, are renewable and can, in time, be replaced.
Others, however, such as aluminum, are limited and nonrenewable. When the aluminum is gone, it will be gone forever.
We encourage students to bring their newspapers, other papers, and aluminum cans to the recycling bins around school instead of throwing them away, even if this means carting them in from home.
The university is setting a great example by providing the program. SUU students need to continue the program and set an example for Cedar City residents.
We hope the city will follow suit and institute a city-wide recycling program.
Utah residents and the state government do not do enough to save the planet.
We at the Journal want to thank the people and organizations on campus who care enough about the Earth to keep pushing the recycling program until it became a priority.
The Earth Club and its adviser, Kenny Laundra, proposed the idea to the administration and found a way to form a program.