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News from Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Contact: Mike Sims, Recycling and Surplus Property Coordinator, (541) 463-5569
For release October 11, 2006
LCC wins national recycling award
EUGENE - Lane Community College has won the Outstanding College or University Program award for 2006 from the National Recycling Coalition. The award will be presented at the coalition's conference October 22 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The award is a result of a competitive process between four- and two-year university and college recycling programs affiliated with NRC. NRC is a national professional association of public, private, and nonprofit recycling programs and businesses.
Recycling at Lane began with a student initiative in 1978 to recycle paper. Last year, the college recycled 60.67 percent, or 485.18 tons, of its outgoing material including paper, cardboard, metal, plastic, glass, wood, and grounds debris. Even kitchen food waste is recycled--6.5 tons in 2005 were composted into four tons of soil for grounds keeping.
For more information, visit NRC's website at www.nrc-recycle.org or contact Mike Sims, Recycling and Surplus Property Coordinator at Lane at (541) 463-5569.
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