Amount of items recovered for recycling in 2012 Items are
collected in categories: white paper, mix paper, newspaper,
corrugated cardboard, newsprint, telephone books,
magazines/catalogs, aluminum, tin, glass, lab glass, plastic,
chipboard, and e-waste. When was the program established?
Caltech's commitment to waste reduction and recycling spans over
40 years. In the early 1960s a small recycling program was run
by a number of volunteer graduate students. In 1979, one of the
student volunteers, Prof. Judith Cohen, returned to campus as a
faculty member and petitioned the administration to establish a
recycling center. The recycling center was run by Prof. Cohen
and a number of student volunteers. Eventually, in 1989, a group
of students created the Caltech Environmental Task Force (CETF).
However, school and workload demands created challenges, and in
order to continue with a consistent program, the Campus
Recycling Program operations became the responsibility of the
Buildings and Grounds Department. A recycl