Environmental News and Articles
Recycling at WCL
While not very visible the Washington College of Law does recycle. The Environmental Law Society has visited CWI, the waste management company that serves the law school, and witnessed first hand their recycling process. CWI actually collects all trash from the law school with recyclable and non-recyclables mixed. CWI then employs workers to seperate the two. This job is a difficult one and not all bags are actually inspected. In order to ensure that recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminum are recycled, please take note of the following information:
Only trash collected in CLEAR plastic bags is inspected for recyclable materials
Bathroom trash bags are NOT inspected for recyclable materials
Trash bags that have been contaminated with coffee grounds or liquids are NOT inspected for recyclable materials.
Though the system is not perfect, we can all help out by pouring liquids out before throwing away soda cans, coffee cups etc. We can also help out by NOT throwing away recyclables in the bathroom trash cans.
Duplex Printing
How to Duplex Print at School:
Want to Help Save Paper? Duplex print!
It is very easy to do and could cut our paper usage by half!
The Yoda , Dilbert , Rocky and Researchtoo printers all have duplexers installed.
First you have to check to make sure that your printer driver is configured for duplexing:
Click on your ‘ Start ’ button, then choose (depending on your start menu setup) ‘ Printers and Faxes’ OR ‘Settings’ -> ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘Printers and Faxes’
You should see a list of installed printers.
Right click on the printer you wish to print to and choose ‘ Properties ’ from the right click menu. Then click on the ‘ Device Settings ’ tab. Towards the bottom of the list of available settings you will see ‘ Duplex Unit ’ this should be set to “ Installed ” then click ‘ OK ’.
Now to print:
Click on ‘ File ’ then choose the ‘ Print ’ option.
Click on the ‘ Properties ’ button near the top right.
Under the ‘ Layout ’ tab there will be options for ‘ Print on Both Sides ’ just choose the style you want either flip on long or short edge. Click on the ‘ OK ’ button to set your choice and click ‘ OK ’ again to send your print job to the printer.
Thanks for your help WCL!