A Proposal To Research And Make A Recommendation On The Implementation Of A Recycling Program At Campus Lodge Apartments
October14, 2008
To: Dr. Alma Bryant
From: Jessica M. Paar
Subject: Proposal to research and make a recommendation on the implementation
Of a recycling program at Campus Lodge Apartments
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Campus Lodge Apartments currently has no recycling program within the complex. I believe this apartment complex is large enough with ample residents that implementing such a program would improve living standards, increase the total number of residents, and improve the reputation of Campus Lodge within the community.
Problem
Campus Advantage is a large property management corporation designed for student living. They currently own 48 facilities within the United States. Their goal is to have affordable housing for college students. I believe that housing many impressionable young students is a strong point to increase awareness and set an example for being responsible adults while decreasing the time allotment of maintenance picking up trash. Moreover, recycling within the complex would improve community relationships and increase capital for Campus Advantage.
Campus Lodge Overview
Campus Lodge is a student living apartment complex. Currently there are 863 residents. Over 800 of these residents are full time students, and a considerable amount of those are undergraduates. Typical households produce a large amount of garbage and recycleables, however, the amount of paper, bottles, and cans of students is substantially higher.
“The 2008 Energy Bill signed by Governor Charlie Crist establishes a new statewide recycling goal of 75 percent to be achieved by 2020. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is directed to develop a program to achieve this goal and submit it to the legislature for consideration by January 1, 2010” (Recycling, 2008).
Campus Lodge can serve as a model for other apartment complexes as well as universities to take the initiative on making the state wide recycling goal. By starting a...
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