Photo Editorial | Dennis Sweeney
Posted August 31, 2009 at 12:57 am
Updated August 31, 2009 at 4:08 am
In the alley between Kingsbury Boulevard and Washington Avenue, home to a multitude of Washington University students (many of whom live in Wash. U.-affiliated Quadrangle Housing), dumpsters for landfill-bound trash outnumber the alley’s mere two recycling dumpsters. Though University City is ultimately responsible for the distribution of these dumpsters, Washington University, because of its affiliation with Quadrangle Housing and its objective of increasing the sustainability of the student body, should demand an equal distribution of recycling and trash dumpsters in areas where Wash. U. students live.
These two photographs were taken in this alley on the same day, and they illustrate that students are not only willing to recycle when it is convenient, but also that they will go out of their way to ensure their own sustainability even when the relevant facilities are not adequate. Quadrangle Housing and Wash. U. have a responsibility to their customers to provide an equal number of recycling and trash dumpsters. Banning bottled water on campus has been a bold and public step. Ensuring the possibility of a sustainable lifestyle for students off campus will not gain as much press, but it will indicate that Wash. U.’s commitment to sustainability is more than a “green” facade.
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