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We‘ve still got a long way to go, but Waterloo Kas come a long way in a year, thanks largely to Coun. Lynne Woolstenâ€" croft and the grassâ€"roots recycling commitâ€" site In Waterloo, we have recycling for single family homes. And we have a pilot project underway for coâ€"ops, apartments nnmwm houses. There will soon be commercial recycling, too. And the region gave away some blue barrells for composting. On the last Saturday of every month, tfiere is a hazardous waste (paints, cleaners, solvents and motor oil) day at.th® Erb Street landfill Universities are leaders within society, right? Nope, not necessarily. Universities can be cumbersome machings, unresponsive to society and slow to respend to a rapidly changing world. Take the University® of Waterloo and recycling, for example. In short, it‘s missed the boat, or perhaps operating on a diffeâ€" rent time schedule than the real world. At UW they have fine paper recycling PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY JULY 19, 1989 Opinion To you, for the continu@d support of Red Cross in the community, we are indeed very thankful. year. At our Annual Meeting over 200 donors a‘;u;“ \:e;;::d awards for their many blood donations, including six citizens who had made over 100 donations each. Once again, following our Annual Meeting, it is my pleasure to write and offer our sincere thanks to The Waterloo Chronicle for the continued media attention we receive from your newspaper. We are particularly appreciaâ€" tive of the way in which the media advertises our blood donor clinics where many times it can make the difference between reachingl our quota or f%l:‘ing short. wl ;u Our blood program now expanded into l igh schools and we know you will be interested to learn that over 1,000 high school students attended our clinics last school Red Cross says thanks for the help Talk, but no recycling at UW ET Ssn ue hi Alootbiisrondrcd Behind the University of Guelph, for instance. At Guelph they recycle glass, tin and newspapers from student residences, food outlets, drinking establishments and administrative buildings, using 105 wheeled 75â€"gallon containers. The recyclables are picked up weekly by McLellan Disposal Services Ltd. the same and heavy metal recyeling. And some glass is collected from the University Club and Federation Hall and sold to Triâ€"Tech Recycling in Waterloo. A commendable start, but nothing more than a start. They do not have a fullâ€"fledged recycling program for newspapers, glass, bottles and cafeteria compost. This university is not legdilng, it'§ following â€" way behind. David T. Carter, President. Kâ€"W Red Cross (landfill) u&piu fees." If only Waterloo was saying the same thing: To be fair, Guelph ff;:gvered nine years ago it was cheaper to own their own garbage truck and use university employâ€" ees to collect garbage. That independence has helped them in instituting a recycling program. Waterloo, on the other hand, contracts with Laidlaw for waste haulage. The contract expires next year, but meanwhile uu;b llmivem‘ty and Laidlaw have been e to negotiate an agreement to divert recyclables from the waste stream. t.lSome student ruidontlh:nd envir'on-&n- groups on campus have begun their own programs in frustration. They have a right to be frustrated. The university y that operates the entire city of m recycling program. In Waterloo, the city uses its own employees to collect the recyclables and sells them to McLellan. use mopen," n higs dagine is program," sai enki assistant director of physical resources at II‘J d’;fimlph. "We, of course, avoid the but lgoorl expen-‘" "â€"emesâ€"“:q:rA'l‘l- thu;u p?;“gl:;: people anticipated in running it haven‘t mmd.lt'l’ed. It‘s gone better than anyone plant operations. "We‘re not jumping on Someone should tell UW administrators that this planet is endangered and cleanâ€" ing up our env;mm is not analogous to Jumping on a wagon. Molinary adds that the university has decided instead to fi::wontuh its energies on expanding its program. Jenkins over in Guem.l had nothing but lgoorl exper‘leneeo "All the problems administration u&bemud onh;:'i“ moral support to the i recycling. But they‘re quick to ery poverty when it mu%mtlingumm mhlnnin'la Â¥a ".......Lfl E.ffm&’!"' l't"_ I was President Doug Wright, I‘d be