"...but good luck anyway."

I spoke with a housing administrator (who shall remain nameless by choice) yesterday about my Operation Deatrick project. After hearing my proposal, and everything I wanted to do, she said, "We've tried for years to get students interested in recycling. It never works, so don't be disappointed if you don't get the results you're looking for... but good luck anway".

What a crap attitude.

I understand that it is hard to get colleges students motivated about their own school work, let alone recycling. Does that mean you give up and chalk it up to students not caring?

No, most students don't know we have recycling bins.

No, most students wouldn't use them if they knew we had them.

No, most students aren't concerned with saving the environment.

But that CAN change. I don't care what anyone says, I know it can change. At the beginning of this semester, (pardon my french), but I could have given two shits about recycling. I could have cared less about conservation or the environment, or any of that stuff. I was "that girl" who threw trash out of her car window while driving, who noticed recycling bins, but probably never put anything into them.

And here I am now. 3 months later, organizing a program for my entire dorm to get people excited about recycling. To get people excited about saving the earth. To get people to STOP throwing trash out of their car windows ;)

Maybe housing officials didn't take the right steps, or maybe then gave up too soon. My hope is that students will see this coming from me (a fellow student), and will be able to relate better with what I have to say. I don't expect to change the world, but if I can change the minds of even a couple of students, I will be satisfied.