Campus Paper Waste
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
26-4-2005 8:30 AM
End Date
26-4-2005 10:00 AM
Student's Major
Communication Studies
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
James Dimock
Mentor's Department
Communication Studies
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
This fall at Minnesota State University, Mankato, a new program called MavPrint was introduced. You submit a document to be printed at a computer, the expense is deducted from your account, and then your document can be retrieved from any MavPRINT station. In years past printing has been free, but seeing how according to Bryan Schneider, the director of Technical Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato, from the year 2003 to the year 2004 the printing costs for the University rose 200%, they felt it was time to make a change. MSU students printed out over 4 million pages in 2003, when stacked that is enough paper to reach over 54 stories high, half of the height of the Sears Tower. Clearly, paper waste on campuses is a significant predicament. In order to understand the predicament that campuses are in the problem of paper waste, the causes of these problems and some solutions to solving these problems will be addressed in my presentation.
Campus Paper Waste
CSU 204
This fall at Minnesota State University, Mankato, a new program called MavPrint was introduced. You submit a document to be printed at a computer, the expense is deducted from your account, and then your document can be retrieved from any MavPRINT station. In years past printing has been free, but seeing how according to Bryan Schneider, the director of Technical Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato, from the year 2003 to the year 2004 the printing costs for the University rose 200%, they felt it was time to make a change. MSU students printed out over 4 million pages in 2003, when stacked that is enough paper to reach over 54 stories high, half of the height of the Sears Tower. Clearly, paper waste on campuses is a significant predicament. In order to understand the predicament that campuses are in the problem of paper waste, the causes of these problems and some solutions to solving these problems will be addressed in my presentation.
