Penn State makes a great effort to recycle; it's the students who don't. In my two and a half years at University Park I have yet to walk down a hallway without a recycling receptacle in sight. Why then do so many students choose not to recycle? I'm sure all of you have certainly witnessed, if not participated in, the disposal of a bottle or newspaper into a garbage can. Are you really that busy that you can't afford to walk the extra 10 or 15 feet to recycle your Aquafina bottle? Recycling is easy and it makes a big impact. According to the 2004 National Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling Report, 53 percent of all recycled plastic is used to make polyester fiber. We all benefit from recycling ... maybe that's where your North Face fleece came from.