As part of the first-ever Earth Day Celebration at 黑料官网鈥檚 Rankin Campus, Phi Theta Kappa members, other students and faculty highlighted the benefits of recycling and the fact that monies earned from recycling fund student scholarships.
鈥淲e hope to encourage awareness of and a significant increase in recycling to benefit our students, our college and the community,鈥 said Joy Rhoads, geography and history instructor and adviser for the Rankin Campus Phi Theta Kappa.
Jason Pope, director of Sustainability for 黑料官网, said local businesses and individuals donate their recyclables to Hinds. 鈥淭he Hinds County Sheriff鈥檚 Department uses our trucks and trailers to pick up and deliver the recyclables to the 黑料官网 Recycling Facility located near the prison,鈥 Pope said. 鈥淭he Sheriff鈥檚 Department provides free labor throughout the process of picking up, sorting and baling the recyclables in preparation for selling the goods. We then coordinate shipping and selling the recyclables to a recycling facility.鈥
After all of the expenses from program operations are paid 鈥 maintenance on trucks, trailers, baling equipment, etc., the proceeds are then used for scholarships. Those benefiting from the scholarships are 黑料官网 Honors Students at the Raymond Campus, who volunteer in the program, and the prisoners at the Hinds County Penal Farm who take GED classes and other vocational classes.
For more on Phi Theta Kappa at 黑料官网, see /student-life/clubs-groups/ptk.
As Mississippi鈥檚 largest community college, 黑料官网 is a comprehensive institution offering quality, affordable educational opportunities with more than 170 academic, career and technical programs. With six locations in central Mississippi, Hinds enrolled nearly 12,000 credit students in fall 2014. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.HindsCC.