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Paper's all boxed in

14 May 2008

The Office of Environmental Sustainability's environmental advisor Elana Welsh has been working with a team of volunteers to rollout the new recycling program across Victorian campuses.

Monash is working with Amcor, a global packaging company, to ensure our waste paper doesn't end up in landfill.

A team of dedicated volunteers, made up of staff and students, has been busy distributing 20,000 paper recycling boxes to staff workstations throughout the University's six Victorian campuses.

Larger boxes have also been placed beside photocopiers, in foyers, within teaching spaces and in large shared office areas.

The Office of Environmental Sustainability's environmental advisor Elana Welsh said before the start of the new scheme, paper represented up to 40 per cent of the University's waste.

"We want to reduce the amount of paper waste going into our general waste stream and instead see it recycled back into good quality office paper," Ms Welsh said.

"Staff and students can put larger and bulky items like cardboard, newspaper, heavily coloured paper, magazines and phone books in the cardboard recycling cages or skips.

"To find out where these are located you can visit the Greening up our act website."

Ms Welsh said the program had been very well received so far.