Apartment Recycling
Some off grounds apartment rental companies, like Woodard Properties, have fairly strong recycling programs, in which emails are frequently sent out informing residents about recycling and encouraging them to participate and large bins are provided to collect recyclable material. Having witnessed this, we were disappointed to learn that other leasing companies in the 14th Street area, like Wade Apartments and Veliky Rentals, do not have recycling systems in place. Through this project, we hoped to increase awareness of recycling around UVA’s campus. We wanted to inform students and other residents in these off-ground apartment complexes of recycling opportunities and what items can be recycled. In addition, we sought to educate the owners and managers of the apartments about the benefits and requirements of starting physical recycling programs. Setbacks such as lack of response and difficulty contacting community members frequently caused us to rethink our strategies. Using all of the information we collected along the way, we prepared a persuasive report to be presented to various companies, beginning with Veliky Rentals, LLC. The report included a comparison of current trash collection costs with the costs of adding a successful recycling program under Waste Management. We planned to suggest the use of growing support for sustainable actions such as recycling to attract younger, environmentally conscientious students to sign with them. Next semester, if we are successful in implementing a recycling program, we will seek to establish sustainability advocates in each apartment complex to continue and promote the established recycling program.
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Apartment Recycling

RecyclinginApartments (click PDF)

Fall 2010

Team members: Kelsey Kerle-O’Brien, Kasey Kuchta, Christina Perez

Some off grounds apartment rental companies, like Woodard Properties, have fairly strong recycling programs, in which emails are frequently sent out informing residents about recycling and encouraging them to participate and large bins are provided to collect recyclable material. Having witnessed this, we were disappointed to learn that other leasing companies in the 14th Street area, like Wade Apartments and Veliky Rentals, do not have recycling systems in place. Through this project, we hoped to increase awareness of recycling around UVA’s campus.

We wanted to inform students and other residents in these off-ground apartment complexes of recycling opportunities and what items can be recycled. In addition, we sought to educate the owners and managers of the apartments about the benefits and requirements of starting physical recycling programs. Setbacks such as lack of response and difficulty contacting community members frequently caused us to rethink our strategies.

Using all of the information we collected along the way, we prepared a persuasive report to be presented to various companies, beginning with Veliky Rentals, LLC. The report included a comparison of current trash collection costs with the costs of adding a successful recycling program under Waste Management. We planned to suggest the use of growing support for sustainable actions such as recycling to attract younger, environmentally conscientious students to sign with them. Next semester, if we are successful in implementing a recycling program, we will seek to establish sustainability advocates in each apartment complex to continue and promote the established recycling program.