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Now, due to Styrofoam plates and plastic forks, washing dishes is not the necessity it once was at Kent State. Davis, an activist with the Ohio Green Party, would like to see that changed.

Davis said the use of these products, as well as the lack of a "bottle bill" in Ohio that allows people to receive a refund for recycling beverage bottles, contributes to the overall harm to the environment. Davis said Kent State should consider going completely back to old-fashioned dishes and silverware, examining the corporations Kent State has a contract with and its efforts against similar legislation.

David Ellison said statistics have shown bottle bills increase recycling in most states from 5 percent to as much as 70 percent.

Davis and Ellison were at Kent State Wednesday for the Students Eliminating Environmental Destruction program to examine the kind of trash Kent State is producing. Davis, Ellison and Hyda Martin, a member of the group, picked up trash in the woods behind Tri -Towers for several hours and then examined what they had found.

They gave the Stater (see left) a picture of their findings, which they said was evidence of why big corporations oppose bottle refunding programs.

"Every piece of trash had a large logo," Davis said. "They get something out of the trash. Every piece of trash is an advertisement. This trash is the property of the corporations and they ought to take responsibility for it."

Martin said she brought Davis and Ellison in to help educate students about the problem of unsightly trash and how it harmed the environment.

"In the long run, it would be cheaper (to use nonperishable containers)," Martin said. "We're not just talking about money; we're also talking about jobs, production and the envi