Various departments on campus have tried to lessen environmental impacts over the years, and are stepping up with the "Greener Tomorrow Today" focus.
Dining Services
In the dining hall, used frying oil is placed in steel drums and picked up by Valley Proteins for either biofuels or high-energy fat used in animal feed, according to Jimmy Stamey, director of dining services. All cardboard generated in dining services and the bookstore is picked up for recycling, as well as old metal kitchen equipment. As of November 2007, tin cans are being recycled. Finally, dining services swapped two chemical-based cleaners for one biodegradable one.
Grounds
The grounds department is trying to keep the campus green by replacing trees that are felled by disease, storms, and construction. During Fall 2007, the grounds crew replaced ten trees and added another eight around campus, with hopes of planting more this spring. Grounds crews are also upgrading their small equipment, including leaf blowers, to four-cycle engines to replace the more polluting two-cycle ones. All the leaves are composted and used as mulch at a local boxwood farm. All of the chips created from fallen trees are recycled on LC's ropes course.
Public Relations
The public relations staff is now bidding out all publications for paper with recycled content. For the first time, the undergraduate catalog and two issues of the Lynchburg College Magazine were printed on recycled paper.
Business Office
The business office is studying the feasibility of buying recycled paper products to be used campus wide.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping is trying to eliminate the remaining three aerosols they use. They have already been using bath tissue and paper towels with 20 percent recycled content.
Human Resources
HR is now sending newsletters and updates electronically rather than in print.
Leave no trace
Leave No Trace is a national and international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike, hunt, paddle, ride horses, fish, ski, or climb. The program strives to educate all those who enjoy the outdoors about the nature of their recreational impacts as well as techniques to prevent and minimize such impacts. Leave No Trace is best understood as an educational and ethical program, not as a set of rules and regulations.
There are seven principles:
-Plan ahead and prepare-Travel and camp on durable surfaces-Dispose of waste properly-Leave what You find-Minimize campfire impacts-Respect wildlife-Be considerate of other visitorsThe link to our LNT page is: