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...have high hopes for these baskets improving convenience and then recycling,” said Robert M. Gogan, associate manager of solid waste and recycling of the Facilities Maintenance Operations. “We think it will make recycling in the room more convenient and this has already started to happen...
...Gogan said he was not bothered by last week’s waste audit, attributing it to the nature of the sample. Last year’s audit drew heavily from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. “Radcliffe has a remarkable recycling program, and I think they might have skewed the results a little,” he said. “Also, the weather both on the sample collection days and on the day of the audit was rainy. Everything was a little damper and denser than normal...
Last year Harvard’s recycling program diverted over 4,000 tons of trash from ending up in landfills, and Gogan estimated there are at least another 3,000 tons that the university could divert from disposal...
...Harvard recovered only half of the paper, cans and bottles currently discarded, Gogan said, Harvard would save over $100,000 per year on trash disposal costs...
...Gogan said this year’s audit showed the same general breakdown of trash as previous years. By weight, Harvard’s waste contains 29 percent recyclable paper, 14 percent recyclable cans and bottles, 36 percent non-recyclable compostables and 21 percent non-recyclable non-compostables...