On April 8, were dumped into the 激情快播 Reflecting Pond to raise awareness about the consequences of plastic trash.
The collective effort of the , and the student organization began at 4:30 a.m., and continued throughout the day, with 108 volunteers emptying bins of the recycled items into the normally off-limits campus landmark.
Students drawn to the disturbing sight were encouraged to sign a pledge to reduce their personal waste and energy consumption.
Those who signed the pledge received a T-shirt and a reusable water bottle to inspire them to change their single-use plastic water bottle habit.
鈥淚t鈥檚 easy to disregard facts and figures about garbage, but it鈥檚 difficult to ignore thousands of bottles floating in front of you.” 鈥� Emily Dovydaitis, SGA health and sustainability coordinator
鈥淣othing like this has been done on campus before and we hope its historic nature will be enough to get people to do something about protecting our environment.鈥� 鈥� Emily Dovydaitis, SGA health and sustainability coordinator