PAPER CHALLENGE FOR RUTGERS STUDENTS


SPONSORED BY THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
AND THE OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR

COLLECTIVELY GET TEN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO SWITCH TO PURCHASE OF RECYCLED-CONTENT PAPER SO WE CAN ALL WIN A FREE PIZZA PARTY IN NOVEMBER, 2004.

We have provided a model letter for student use in persuading their academic departments to begin purchase of recycled-content paper. Now that half of all university paper purchases (purchases by all those who report to Vice President for Administrative Affairs Karen Kavanagh) are using recycled-content paper, we are asking our academic departments to make the switch, as well. Recycled paper performance has been brought into line with virgin paper, and prices are competitive.

Please personalize the letter we have supplied, and send it, preferably via email, to your department chair and/or the person who orders paper for your academic department. Then follow up as you can to find out if your department switched its ordering to recycled-content paper.

For additional information on paper at Rutgers and elsewhere, please look at the Paper/Toner Cartridge Initiative portion of the Enviro-Connect website, http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~enviro/, or contact Environmental Coordinator Priscilla Hayes, 732-932-9155, x 233 or 609-499-3600, x237 or hayes@aesop.rutgers.edu.

Contact Information for Cook College Department Chairs

Department Chair Name E-mail
     
Human Ecology Peter Guarnaccia guarnaccia@aesop.rutgers.edu
Plant Biology and Pathology James White jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu
Ecology and Natural Resources Mike Sukhdeo sukhdeo@aesop.rutgers.edu
Landscape Architecture George Hamilton (acting) Hamilton@aesop.rutgers.edu
Environmental Science Lily Young lyoung@aesop.rutgers.edu
Animal Science Larry Katz katz@aesop.rutgers.edu
Food Science Jozef Kokini Kokini@aesop.rutgers.edu
Biochemistry and Microbiology Alan D. Antoine antoine@aesop.rutgers.edu
Marine Science Gary Taghon taghon@marine.rutgers.edu
Biotechnology Gerben Zylstra zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu
Exercise Science David Feigley feigley@rci.rutgers.edu


Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Please send comments and corrections to:
Priscilla Hayes, Environmental Coordinator, Cook College/NJAES
C/O Department Of Agricultural, Food And Resource Economics
Rutgers University--Cook College
55 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
Telephone: (732) 932-9155, ext.233
Fax:  (732) 932-8887
Email:  hayes@aesop.rutgers.edu
Supported with funding from the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.