Recycling
Student Involvement
Are you interested in learning about sustainability and spreading the word to your fellow students?
Apply to become a Conservation Advocate for the 2008-2009 school year! You can be a first-year or
upperclassman, as long as you live on grounds you can apply!
(Apply Now)
Conservation Advocacy Program
Overview and History
UVA Recycling first implemented the Recycling
Coordinator Program in the fall of 2000. It is now called the
"Conservation Advocacy Program" in order to emphasize that other
conservation and sustainability issues are addressed beyond
recycling. The Conservation Advocates (CAs) are selected by UVA
Recycling. There is a CA for each first-year residence hall and many
upperclass housing areas.
CAs serve as liaisons between the
student body and UVA Recycling. They attend the weekly House or Area
Council meetings held in their residence in order to disseminate
information and announcements from UVa Recycling, as well as to
collect concerns and questions regarding recycling and conservation
issues from their fellow residents. Additionally, CAs are
responsible for monitoring the use of 2-sort recycling bins in their
dorms, making sure that they are being used and emptied properly. In
addition to weekly Council meetings, they also attend bi-weekly
meetings held with UVA Recycling Student Employees.
CAs are
encouraged to get involved with several University conservation
outreach events and programs throughout the school year. These
events include contests and educational efforts for America Recycles
Day and Earth Day, as well as UVA Recycling programs such as "Chuck
It For Charity." CAs also spend a few hours each semester working at
the UVA Recycling 'back site'. They help to sort the material that
their peers have tossed into the recycling bins and, in the process,
gain a better understanding of the continued need for recycling
education on grounds.
The 2007-2008 Conservation Advocacy team poses in front of UVA
Recycling's office on Leake Drive
If you live On-Grounds,
feel free to contact your Conservation Advocate with recycling and
sustainability concerns.
The UVA Recycling Student
Employees working with the Conservation Advocates are Ben Chrisinger
chrisinger@virginia.edu
and Sarah Collins sec6d@virginia.edu.
Anyone, on grounds or off, should feel free to contact UVa
Recycling at (434) 982-5050 or recycle@virginia.edu anytime
with questions, comments, or concerns.
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