A build-up of garbage, left over the winter break, has caused an eye sore at the Student Association’s Recycling Center since a lack of workers caused an overflow of milk jugs, cans and newspapers to accumulate.

Jane Oehler, assistant director of the recycling center, said, “There is a lot (of garbage) at this point.” She said the overflow of garbage is a result of only one person working over winter break who was unable to dispose of all the garbage.

Normally, eight students man the center, two people in the office, two at the center and four drivers, Oehler said.

During the summer months, six employees work at the site, she said.

Individuals who have to complete judicial work orders sometimes carry out their sentence at the center and they do not always show up to work, Oehler said. This could be another cause for the garbage overflow, she said.

The center should be rid of the garbage in the next two weeks, Oehler said.

Garbage usually sits at the center for about a month until a truck can be filled. Once a truck is filled, a buyer switches an empty truck for the full one, she said.

She said the center accepts aluminum cans, plastic milk jugs, newspapers, computer paper, magazines and three different colors of glass—green, brown and clear.

Last semester, the center collected about 123 tons of newspaper, 26 tons of computer paper, and 17 tons of glass, Oehler said.

She said about 1,600 pounds of milk jugs, 1,200 pounds of cans and 1,000 pounds of magazines also were collected during the fall 1988 semester.

The center does not make a profit even though it receives payment for the materials, Oehler said. The SA supplements the center’s income to make up for the loss, she said.

The center receives per pound about 56 cents for cans, 5 cents for milk jugs, 2 cents for glass and one-half cent for magazines, Oehler said. The center receives between $150 and $130 per ton for computer paper and about $130 per ton for newspaper.

In addition, the center began an educational program last year, Oehler said. Several people went to elementary schools and discussed recycling, she said.