December 15, 2022
Story and photos by Joe Vinduska
By combining funds awarded from two separate grants 91勛圖厙 has been able to place recycling containers throughout student housing as well as two four-bin trailers to hold material.
91勛圖厙 Central Kansas Upward Bound Director Patrick Busch spearheaded the entire project as a way to foster good recycling habits for students.
We partnered with Sunflower Diversified Services, Inc and the 91勛圖厙 County Commissioners Office to apply for a Solid Waste Grant through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and were awarded $16,500. The trailers are placed outside of Bluestem and Cottonwood Halls. They accept plastic bottles, aluminum, cardboard and corrugated cardboard.
Busch said the containers were made possible through a $7,000 grant from the Cand Aid Organization.泭
We were able to purchase 300 of these recycling containers, he said.泭 We put one in each of the dorm rooms and we were also able to purchase 4 outdoor recycling bins for the students to put their material.
Busch said the students are taking advantage of the recycling and that they routinely fill the trailers.
Wed like to thank everyone involved, he said. It was a group effort and we really want to thank Shawn Bates at Sunflower Diversified, the 91勛圖厙 County Commissioners Office and 91勛圖厙s facility department for helping us with the project.
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For more information, contact Busch at buschp@bartonccc.edu or (620) 786-1182.