Our Philosophy

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Here Alyssa (in center) tries out one of our many Recycling Games. To her right a pro-environment student signs up to receive our e-mail newsletter.

Many of our Bruins for Recycling members notice that most people don't think and act in a conservative way, constantly wasting valuable resources. On a campus as large and renown as UCLA, it is both surprising and disappointing that there are not more ways to recycle. With nearly 37,000 students and hundreds more staff and faculty members, it is easy to imagine UCLA as its own city. And a city, of course, can generate thousands of pounds of waste per day.

However, this need not be the case. Through simple changes in habits and procedure, much of this university's waste can be Reduced, Reused, and Recycled. For instance, people can do things such as not using disposable coffee cups, writing on the back of used paper for phone messages, and refilling water bottles instead of discarding them after one use. It is our belief that most students, faculty, and staff members will make efforts to curb waste production if given the opportunity. Essentially, that is one of the main goals of Bruins for Recycling: providing the UCLA community with the opportunity to recycle.

Bottomline, recycling can be the first and easy step in preserving our environment. Through recycling, materials can be refined and made ready for manufacturing of new products, thus preventing the extraction of additional natural resources. The mental effort one makes when consciously deciding to recycling is a good start to a more developed sense of ecological responsibility. It is hoped that individuals will extend this awareness of the world they live in to educate others and become more actively involved in environmental preservation.

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