{"id":16999,"date":"2014-11-06T14:32:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T21:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16999"},"modified":"2014-11-14T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T16:13:40","slug":"mount-trashmore-aims-to-reduce-campus-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16999","title":{"rendered":"Mount Trashmore aims to reduce campus waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Mount Trashmore has been rescheduled to 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m., Nov. 20 due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/B1oi-vFCYAARmyL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17002\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/B1oi-vFCYAARmyL-166x300.jpg\" alt=\"B1oi-vFCYAARmyL\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>El Pomar Plaza will be covered in trash between 10 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m. Nov. 13 as\u00a0UCCS students and members of the Office of Sustainability sift through a day\u2019s worth of waste\u00a0to determine which items should have been recycled or composted.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Mount Trashmore event aims to\u00a0raise awareness for campus sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of Sustainability, on average, UCCS\u00a0can\u00a0recycle\u00a0more than 50 percent\u00a0of its trash on a daily basis.\u00a0Items not being recycled include plastic water bottles, aluminum cans, and all forms of paper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal of Mt. Trashmore is to engage the UCCS campus community in acknowledging what everyday items can be diverted from the landfill,&#8221;\u00a0Kimberly Reeves, sustainability program manager, Office of Sustainability, said.\u00a0&#8220;The visualization of a day\u2019s worth of UCCS trash piled in one location will get people talking.\u00a0Whether they\u2019re just mentioning to a friend that they saw a huge pile of trash in front of the library or if they put on a Tyvek suit and help sort, this event is intended to dramatically present the amount of waste we produce as a community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about what can be recycled at UCCS and how to reduce\u00a0individual environmental impact, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/sustain\">www.uccs.edu\/sustain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17004\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4505.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17004\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4505-555x370.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Mount Trashmore\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4505-555x370.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4505-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4505-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Mount Trashmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UPDATE:\u00a0\u00a0Mount Trashmore has been rescheduled to 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m., Nov. 20 due to inclement weather. 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