Several Loyola students have recently expressed concerns regarding environmental problems at the university, particularly a deficiency in the recycling program. “Recycling bins aren’t accessible enough,” said Karen Roberts, religious studies senior. “When you do find one, they are only for aluminum cans or paper. Even when I lived in the dorms, the bins were out, but no one would come by to pick them up.” Some students have suggested that bins be put in every classroom and in dorms, but overflowing bins, lack of space and finances are a few faculty concerns when it comes to recycling. “There has to be consistency with the students to empty the bins,” said Robert Reed, director of Residential Life. “I’m all for recycling, but I can’t be in a position where bins will overflow.””If we had bins in every classroom, who would pick them all up and bring them to the main bin?” said Jim Eiseman, vice president for Student Affairs. “There are things that we can do and we can’t do in the residence halls. We cannot do glass recycling.” Eiseman said that there is a risk with students walking around barefoot with glass containers in the hallways. “We also have to pay to take our recycling away,” Eiseman said. “That’s a problem.”Recently, Reed has met with recycling companies in the area to see if the university would benefit from another business. Eiseman suggested there be a student competition to submit new plans for the university. “We work with the students to try to do the best we can,” Eiseman said. “We do a lot, and we’d like to find ways to do more, but it’s going to take a whole lot of people working together.”Another environmental issue on campus is the amount of waste produced by the Orleans Room. The O.R.’s use of Styrofoam should be decreased, Eiseman said, when a new dishwasher is purchased.The university has previously turned down the idea of composting on campus due to reasons of space and the smell involved, according to Rosina Roibel, music education senior and president of the Loyola Green Club and Environmental Action. The university does have an off-campus garden on the corner of Oak and Adams.”Every Sunday we meet to plant different things and teach students about planting their own gardens,” Roibal said. “Students can take veggies and composted soil home, and also bring their biodegradable waste to our compost bin.”Energy waste was also a concern.”Maybe at night, the university could close at least one of the computer labs, or even if students made the effort to do something as simple as turn their lights off when they left their room, or an empty classroom,” said Shivanti Willy, psychology sophomore. “If enough students made the effort, it would make a difference.” A few students objected to the lack of native vegetation on campus. “If the university put trees like oak, cypress or maple between Marquette and Bobet, we could have shade, and people would actually want to sit out there.” said Kevin Fitzwilliam, communications and environmental studies senior. Plans are in the works for an environmental audit for Loyola’s campus. Next spring, there will be an entire course devoted to students going in and looking at every environmental aspect of Loyola to see how the university can improve.”We have so many levels that students can be involved in,” Roibal said. “Even something as simple as taking down your floor’s recycle bin and emptying into the main bin downstairs would help. A lot of students don’t even know the issues, but once they see how they can be involved, and when they start educating others, that’s when we can really change the situation.”