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Master Composter and Recycling program continues its campaign
Chloe Thompson
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Campus
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11/16/07 - The University of Rhode Island is continuing its campaign for more recycling through a five-week Master Composter and Recycling program, where participants will learn more about the two processes.
The program, which will run for its sixth time this year, is designed "to create volunteers who can go out and educate others in their community," Marion Gold, director of the URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences Outreach Center, said.
The director of the Master Composter and Recycling program is URI alumna Sejal Harde, who took the course prior to becoming its leader.
The former animal science and technology major focused on environmental science during her time at the university, and said she understands the plight of students when it comes to lack of recycling knowledge.
"I can't say that I've always been perfect," she said. "I think sometimes college students aren't in tune or connected to recycling habits and don't really realize how much energy you are saving when you recycle just one aluminum can."
Harde added that recycling one can is equivalent to the energy used to generate three hours of television.
The program is working in conjunction with Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., and, according to a press release from the URI News Bureau, has catered to more than 100 people in helping to educate them about recycling and composting.
The course, which begins at the end of November, hosts guest speakers each week, including scientists and the "Worm Ladies," a pair of women from Charlestown whose focus is on composting using worms. Along with its numerous guest speakers, there are also two field trips scheduled-one to the Johnston landfill, and the other to Earth Care Farms in Charlestown.
The first part of the course deals with an overview of all solid waste management facilities in Rhode Island, and the second part is the "nitty-gritty of the science behind composting," Gold said. The various components within the course include farm composting, food waste composting and the future of composting.
The program, which will run for its sixth time this year, is designed "to create volunteers who can go out and educate others in their community," Marion Gold, director of the URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences Outreach Center, said.
The director of the Master Composter and Recycling program is URI alumna Sejal Harde, who took the course prior to becoming its leader.
The former animal science and technology major focused on environmental science during her time at the university, and said she understands the plight of students when it comes to lack of recycling knowledge.
"I can't say that I've always been perfect," she said. "I think sometimes college students aren't in tune or connected to recycling habits and don't really realize how much energy you are saving when you recycle just one aluminum can."
Harde added that recycling one can is equivalent to the energy used to generate three hours of television.
The program is working in conjunction with Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., and, according to a press release from the URI News Bureau, has catered to more than 100 people in helping to educate them about recycling and composting.
The course, which begins at the end of November, hosts guest speakers each week, including scientists and the "Worm Ladies," a pair of women from Charlestown whose focus is on composting using worms. Along with its numerous guest speakers, there are also two field trips scheduled-one to the Johnston landfill, and the other to Earth Care Farms in Charlestown.
The first part of the course deals with an overview of all solid waste management facilities in Rhode Island, and the second part is the "nitty-gritty of the science behind composting," Gold said. The various components within the course include farm composting, food waste composting and the future of composting.