BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Whatcom Community College students spent Earth Day digging through the campus trash. In the process, they have learned that as much as 75 percent of campus garbage could be recycled or composted.
Blanche Bybee of the college’s sustainability committee says it was a great learning experience for both students and the college. She says the information they gathered Thursday is being used to strengthen the campus recycling program.
The Bellingham college has already ordered more recycling and compost bins and is working on new signage to educate students and staff about what trash should go where.
Bybee says the project will not only benefit the earth but should help the college’s bottom line.
