House Resolution # 5

PROFITABLE RECYCLING

Sponsored by: Karl Kuebitz

John Nolte

Heather Collins

Brigham Young University

    A RESOLUTION OF THE UTAH INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSEMBLY TO THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE ASKING THAT ALL NECESSARY CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, PUBLICITY FUNDING, AND POLITICAL SUPPORT BE PROVIDED TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF UTAH SUCH THAT A PROFITABLE RECYCLING PROGRAM (INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE REMEDIATION OF CARDBOARD, ALUMINUM, OFFICE PAPER, NEWSPAPER, COMPOSTABLE WASTES, ETC.) CAN BE IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTED.

    WHEREAS, the state of Utah sends a higher percentage of recyclable material to municipal landfills than almost every other state in the nation, and;

    WHEREAS, landfill "tipping" fees are rising and will continue to rise, constituting an enormous public expenditure, and;

    WHEREAS, USU and BYU avoid 40-60% of these costs by recycling, and;

    WHEREAS, a profitable recycling program is possible on any Utah campus given the proper capital, publicity, and political support, and;

    WHEREAS, these profitable recycling programs will have no net effect on the state budget,

    THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly that all Utah colleges and universities implement profitable recycling programs made possible by monetary and political support from the Board of Regents and the State Legislature,

    THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all profits resulting from these programs be paid directly to the State of Utah until the initial state monetary investment in these programs is completely paid off,

    THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each university and college develop a program that will allow their portion of the state investment to be paid off within 20 years,

    THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at the end of the 20 years the each school be responsible to pay immediately the remaining portion, if any, of their debt to the State.