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Students show interest in environmental protection
By Lexxie Shiring
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Many countries around the world are working to control the movement of hazardous waste and its disposal by joining the Basel Convention. The United States is the only country that has not signed onto the Basel Convention, Raskin said.
The Basel Convention is an international treaty that has been designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations. It was written to prevent the transfer of hazardous waste from developed countries to lesser-developed countries, he said.
"Unfortunately, because the United States still has not signed on, we still do not have any laws in place telling us what to do with waste," said Riggi. "Basically, we are shipping waste overseas to have other people deal with it because it is cheaper that way."
Greenpeace and college students all over the United States want Apple Computers to "Go Green" and show more interest in keeping the environment safe.
"As students, Apple Computer really cares about what we think, so that gives us the power to influence them, and that gives us the ability to say we want a greener, non-toxic computer, and then they will give that to us," Raskin said.
In order to help spread the word of "Going Green," this past week students from campuses all over the United States have held campaigns to try to grab the attention of Steve Jobs and Apple Computer to ask them to be environmentally friendly and to "go green."
Chelsea Vankerkhove, a sophomore communication major, put together the first ever "Green My Apple Week of Action" campaign on the SRU campus.
Vankerkhove took pictures of SRU students holding up a word bubble that said, "Slippery Rock students want Steve Jobs to go green and score a 10!" These photos, along with photos from other college campus campaigns, have been uploaded onto a Greenpeace Web site and are being used to show Apple Computer that students care about the environment and wants their company to better itself, she said.
"I am doing this because I really support Greenpeace and their ideas that college students should care more about the environment and the products they are buying," Vankerkhove said.
"Also, I did it to try to educate these students who should care because, before Greenpeace contacted me, I did not know the severity of the issue."
During the event, Vankerkhove informed students that Greenpeace is trying to deal with the major issue of Apple Computer not recycling and what the consequences are because of it.
"I think that Apple Computer needs to implement a recycling plan, because what they are doing is harming the human race," said Bethany Tahon, a senior marketing major.
The Basel Convention is an international treaty that has been designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations. It was written to prevent the transfer of hazardous waste from developed countries to lesser-developed countries, he said.
"Unfortunately, because the United States still has not signed on, we still do not have any laws in place telling us what to do with waste," said Riggi. "Basically, we are shipping waste overseas to have other people deal with it because it is cheaper that way."
Greenpeace and college students all over the United States want Apple Computers to "Go Green" and show more interest in keeping the environment safe.
"As students, Apple Computer really cares about what we think, so that gives us the power to influence them, and that gives us the ability to say we want a greener, non-toxic computer, and then they will give that to us," Raskin said.
In order to help spread the word of "Going Green," this past week students from campuses all over the United States have held campaigns to try to grab the attention of Steve Jobs and Apple Computer to ask them to be environmentally friendly and to "go green."
Chelsea Vankerkhove, a sophomore communication major, put together the first ever "Green My Apple Week of Action" campaign on the SRU campus.
Vankerkhove took pictures of SRU students holding up a word bubble that said, "Slippery Rock students want Steve Jobs to go green and score a 10!" These photos, along with photos from other college campus campaigns, have been uploaded onto a Greenpeace Web site and are being used to show Apple Computer that students care about the environment and wants their company to better itself, she said.
"I am doing this because I really support Greenpeace and their ideas that college students should care more about the environment and the products they are buying," Vankerkhove said.
"Also, I did it to try to educate these students who should care because, before Greenpeace contacted me, I did not know the severity of the issue."
During the event, Vankerkhove informed students that Greenpeace is trying to deal with the major issue of Apple Computer not recycling and what the consequences are because of it.
"I think that Apple Computer needs to implement a recycling plan, because what they are doing is harming the human race," said Bethany Tahon, a senior marketing major.
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