Recycling in dorms

Before our class meeting on Thursday I saw one of the custodians in our dorm digging through a trash can and pulling out the recyclables.  I think our college does a pretty good job with providing some games and contests that motivate the student body, i.e. the Halloween costume contest, among others.  Yet, I believe that one of the major problems on campus is recycling in dorms.  What I propose is that the college creates a recycling contest among all dorms on campus.  I believe that this contest will help alleviate the problem of students neglecting to recycle in the dorms.  Whether it is due to pure laziness or sure neglect, by giving the winning dorm a prize that all of the students can enjoy will motivate them to recycle. 

By making a recycling contest, students will be pressured to throw trash away in the right containers and recyclables away in the right containers. Each dorm will monitor itself and therefore the custodians will no longer have to separate trash from the recyclables. The amount of recyclables will be tallied at the end of year and whatever dorm raises the most money would be the winner. Then I think a portion of the money they earn should be given back to that dorm to do whatever they want. Because most students enjoy competition and would want to win the prize at the end of the year, this contest would increase the amount of recycling in dorms and reduce the amount of work that custodians are forced to do, due to student neglect.