Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation have announced they will give 90 recycling bins to Tusculum.
The bins, valued at $11,340, will be used in the recycling efforts on the Tusculum campus in Greeneville. The funding came from the 2017 Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Public Space Recycling Bin Grant.
Tusculum restarted its recycling program in the fall of 2016 by beginning with mixed paper recycling. This grant will allow Tusculum’s recycling program to expand its current mixed paper program to the remaining academic buildings, as well as introduce plastic and aluminum recycling across campus in the near future.
The grant will be administrated by the Green Team, a student group that works with Tusculum Facilities Management department to collect and recycle materials. The Green Team operates under the auspices of the Center for Civic Advancement. Green Team members service mixed paper recycling each week, in addition to attending regular meetings and hosting a variety of outreach events.
Green Team members will also be working to educate students, faculty and staff on proper recycling actions at Tusculum.
“We are excited about this opportunity to provide additional recycling resources for Tusculum,” said Courtney Washburn, assistant director for the Center for Civic Advancement and Green Team advisor. “The students involved with the Green Team have worked hard and will continue to work hard to increase the recycling culture on campus.”