Top recycler honored
Kanna Taylor
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: TruLife
For some student workers at the Truman Recycling Center, recycling is just another job - they work their required hours, and then they are done.
To senior Stephanie Kimball, however, a Recycling Center job means much more. As a result of this attitude, Kimball was named Student Recycler of the Year.
"To me, a lot of it is just the people, a lot of really fun people," Kimball said. "I really like that part of the job."
Kimball started working at the Recycling Center three years ago as a sophomore in need of a scholarship job.
"Actually, my freshman year, I think it was during [Truman Week], they had a tour of the Recycling Center, and I came here then," she said. "I pretty much knew that would be my scholarship job. So when sophomore year came around, I was like, 'I'll do that.'"
Kimball said she does a variety of jobs at the Recycling Center, including picking up cardboard around campus and sorting the public drop-off recyclables. After she graduates in May, Kimball said she plans to stay in Kirksville for the summer to work part-time at the Recycling Center and proctor for the Taiwan at Truman program.
When it comes to recycling, Kimball said she is adamant, and she encourages her friends to recycle.
"Usually, if they are going to throw away a bottle, I'm like, 'What are you doing? You should recycle that,'" Kimball said. "I've brought many blue bins to certain houses."
Co-worker and graduate student Jason Hull takes a different approach to recycling.
"When we have parties ... at my house, I bring in cans and bottles and cardboard and stuff," Hull said. "But I would say on the personal level, I don't really consume that much. So my philosophy is more, if you're doing the three Rs [reduce, reuse, recycle], more towards the reduce factor of the triangle."
Hull received the first annual Student Recycler of the Year Award in 2006. He said he thinks the primary criterion for the award is reliability.
To senior Stephanie Kimball, however, a Recycling Center job means much more. As a result of this attitude, Kimball was named Student Recycler of the Year.
"To me, a lot of it is just the people, a lot of really fun people," Kimball said. "I really like that part of the job."
Kimball started working at the Recycling Center three years ago as a sophomore in need of a scholarship job.
"Actually, my freshman year, I think it was during [Truman Week], they had a tour of the Recycling Center, and I came here then," she said. "I pretty much knew that would be my scholarship job. So when sophomore year came around, I was like, 'I'll do that.'"
Kimball said she does a variety of jobs at the Recycling Center, including picking up cardboard around campus and sorting the public drop-off recyclables. After she graduates in May, Kimball said she plans to stay in Kirksville for the summer to work part-time at the Recycling Center and proctor for the Taiwan at Truman program.
When it comes to recycling, Kimball said she is adamant, and she encourages her friends to recycle.
"Usually, if they are going to throw away a bottle, I'm like, 'What are you doing? You should recycle that,'" Kimball said. "I've brought many blue bins to certain houses."
Co-worker and graduate student Jason Hull takes a different approach to recycling.
"When we have parties ... at my house, I bring in cans and bottles and cardboard and stuff," Hull said. "But I would say on the personal level, I don't really consume that much. So my philosophy is more, if you're doing the three Rs [reduce, reuse, recycle], more towards the reduce factor of the triangle."
Hull received the first annual Student Recycler of the Year Award in 2006. He said he thinks the primary criterion for the award is reliability.
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