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Campus implements sustainable projects TASHA M ERO Contributing Writer Buildings and Grounds Management has put out more than 100 recycling bins throughout the Mānoa campus to improve the school’s sustainability. Director of Buildings and Grounds Management Roxanne Adams wanted to increase the campus’ recycling and came up with the idea to implement the new recycling bins. “On the outside of the buildings we have carts, and the green ones are for paper, newspaper, colored paper,” Adams said. “We use a blue bin for glass, plastic and aluminum. We also have big blue dumpsters – that’s for cardboard.” The Building and Grounds department moves all waste on campus, according to Adams. The Facilities Management department provided the funds to put out the recycling bins. The landscaping department’s website currently shows locations for the exterior recycling bins. Recycling bins in the interior of the buildings have appeared recently and are not yet posted on the website. “We will be putting out a list of what buildings have interior recycling bins once we’ve got everything situated,” Adams said.
LANDSCAPE NEAR H A M I LT O N L I B R A RY Buildings and Grounds Management is also planning to look at expanding the landscaping near Hamilton Library. “We’ll be planting more trees,” landscaping manager Heidi Bornhorst said. “We’re using recycled green-waste for mulch and soil improvement.” Adams estimates that this plan will come into effect around this time next year. “That’s still in its infancy, so that’s something we’re going to continue to work towards,” Adams said. When the project begins, Adams said students are invited to get involved. “Our big projects like that, we usually make it a service-learning project,” Ad-
ams said. “We do a call-out to students, faculty and staff to come and help.” Although there are different sustainability initiatives on the Mānoa campus, psychology major Storme Eisenhour doesn’t think they’re showcased well. “It’s (sustainability) definitely an issue that needs to be brought up, but I don’t hear about it a lot,” Eisenhour said. “Make people aware of it. Bring attention to it. I don’t hear a lot about what we’re doing.”
ADOPT A LANDSCAPE According to Bornhorst, Buildings and Grounds Management is also working with students in Natural Resources and Environmental Management to help improve the campus. “We’re working with students who want to adopt a landscape,” Bornhorst said. A landscape is defined as the area exterior to the buildings on campus. People can adopt any amount of area, as long as the landscape council approves it. “Anybody can adopt a landscape (to) help sustain the campus,” Bornhorst said. Repair and maintenance supervisor Alan Nakanishi said there’s an application process one has to go through if they’re interested in adopting a landscape on campus. “You have to come up with a plan, and then it has to be presented to the landscape committee,” Nakanishi said. “So they’ll review that and if they feel that it will be beneficial to the campus, then they will approve it and then they’ll work with whoever submitted it and try to incorporate it.” According to Adams, there are no fees for filling out the application to adopt a landscape. For anyone interested in helping the campus and adopting a landscape, applications can be found online on the landscaping department’s website. A campus map of locations of exterior recycling bins can be found at manoa.hawaii.edu/landscaping/recyclingrefuse.html. CHASEN DAVIS / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I