About 15 students collected cardboard packaging, pizza boxes and
nearly 1,000 plastic bottles at Grand Valley’s football game Friday.
The recycling effort was organized by the Student Environmental
Coalition (SEC) with support from the Sustainable Community
Development Initiative, Athletics Department and Facilities Services,
which provided bins and a truck to collect and transport materials to
the main recycle bins on campus.
Student organizations have already expressed interest in getting
involved at the next game, said SEC Project Manager Andy West. The
group plans to attend the rest of the season’s home football games and
hopes to start collecting recyclables at other sporting events like
basketball and volleyball.
“I’m glad it worked out as well as it did,” West said. “We want to
get the message across that we can collect even more recyclables if
more students are involved.”
The Student Environmental Coalition is a service and advocacy
organization intended to promote student interest in local, regional,
and global environmental concerns. The group organizes educational
events, campus cleanups, and community outreach programs at Grand
Valley and in Grand Rapids.
