{"id":141554,"date":"2018-09-17T08:55:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=141554"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:17:28","slug":"catching-recyclables-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2018\/09\/catching-recyclables-football-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Recyclables Before the Football Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The EcoHuskies chartered a UConn bus to travel to Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field before Saturday's football game. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4073\"<\/a>
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The tent that the EcoHuskies pitched to raise awareness about their mission of sustainability, and to serve as the headquarters for the volunteers. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4186\"<\/a>
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Mara Tu \u201921 helps guide Caroline Anastasia \u201919 and Rick Miller (not pictured) to the pickup locations of the recycling dumpsters in the golf cart. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4115\"<\/a>
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Emma MacDonald \u201920 leads her group of volunteers to the Gray Lots of Renstchler Field to begin the day. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4138\"<\/a>
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It\u2019s a dirty job, but Danny Osorio \u201922 volunteered to do it in an effort to help his community. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4203\"<\/a>
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Local residents, travelling fans and students alike all pitch in to make the world a cleaner place, as evidenced by this local resident donating three bottles to Isabel Umland \u201922. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4358\"<\/a>
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Joel Monge \u201922 secures the bags of cans on the back of the cart as they move towards the recycling dumpsters. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4230\"<\/a>
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Freshman Martin Wolek receives cans from Huskies fan and Storrs local Jary Remly. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4137\"<\/a>
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Danny Osorio \u201922 and Brandon Ho \u201922 pose with Shawn Haley, a local Huskies fan as they collect the used bottles and cans from his tailgate. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4405\"<\/a>
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Justin Zhao \u201922 deposits his haul of cans into specially marked dumpsters for recycling. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4366\"<\/a>
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Covering the Gray and Red Lots, these volunteers and interns gathered unwanted cans from the tailgating fans. Pictured here are (from top row left, to bottom row left) Nikki Pirtel \u201921, Natalie Roach \u201921, Mara Tu \u201921, Kellie Brown \u201922, Isabel Umland \u201921, Justin Zhao \u201922, Sophie MacDonald \u201920, Martin Wolek \u201922, Amy Chen \u201922, Joel Monge \u201922. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"IMG_4417\"<\/a>
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The volunteers, interns and staff all sit down to a catered lunch after collecting thousands of bottles during the tailgating festivities. (Lucas Voghell\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

The EcoHuskies, interns in the Office of Environmental Policy,\u00a0 chartered one of the UConn buses to host a sustainability effort at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at\u00a0Rentschler Field before Saturday’s football game against the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

The Division of Athletics has worked together with the Office of Environmental Policy to promote recycling at all of its sports venues since 2008.<\/p>\n

Each year, students from the EcoHusky student group and EcoHouse living and learning community have been invited to football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball games to encourage fans to recycle. These events have been dubbed Green Game Days.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, the EcoHuskies pitched a tent outside the stadium in East Hartford to raise awareness about their mission of sustainability, and to serve as the headquarters for about a dozen volunteers who collected bags of containers for recycling.<\/p>\n

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