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Freshman Community Service, No. 2

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Professor Deborah Seltzer-Kelly’s advisees joined Hezekiah Eibert ’15, the College’s Sustainability Intern through Sodexo this summer, for “Garbology”—a morning of sorting through trash collected from college offices with the goal of improving Wabash's rate of recycling.

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'I spent much of my summer learning what is recyclable, what is not,' Eibert told the freshman, who followed his instructions and spent about an hour in from of the Sparks Center going through 35 bags of trash. Removing the recyclable material, they were able to reduce the number of bags going to the trash to two!

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Eibert has created and helped put in place a program that will increase recycling and reduce waste campus-wide, and freshman experienced first-hand how much recycling could reduce waste on campus.

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Eibert instructs students on how to sort through the trash to find recyclables. 'You never know what you might find,' he said. 'This summer I opened a pizza box and found a full set of silverware.'

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Dean of Students Mike Raters ’85 stopped by to see how 'Garbology' was progressing. Putting the College's trash at the campus center's front door was a powerful illustration of why Eibert's program to improve rates of recycling on campus is so important.

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Grounds Manager Tim Riley supervised Eibert over the summer and praised the junior's work and initiative: 'Hezekiah developed this whole program, and he deserves the credit.'

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Jan Bidon ’17 checks a pizza box, but no silverware to be found!

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Luis Fernandez ’17 managed to keep a smile on his face despite the mess.

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Eibert helps students understand which items are recyclable.

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Garhett Cook ’17 found a working pen.

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Ian MacDougall ’14 interviewed Eibert for the College's Media Center.

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Cook and Eibert

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Freshman Garhett Cook was interviewed, too.

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Eibert and Michael Wilson ’17 sorting.

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Luis Fernandez ’17: Still no silverware.

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Abel Becker ’17 found a water bottle in the trash.

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Kendall Baker ’16 filmed the event.

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Josh McCabe ’17 found first aid kits.

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Wabash Always Fights to improve recycling: Abel Becker will likely be an advocate!

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The freshmen toured Crawfordsville's Walden Recyling and saw for themselves the wide range of items that can be recycled.

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In the backlot at Walden, students saw cars being crushed and recycled…

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That's not the College car, is it?

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