On home football game days, after tailgating, the game andafter-parties, Facility Services faces a massive clean-upeffort.
Richard Humphreys, manager of arbors for Facility Services, saidplans and meetings involving clean-up efforts begin during thefirst week of July and continue throughout the football season.
Humphreys said the clean-up occurs during three shifts, two onSaturday and one on Sunday.
Victoria Porter, manager of solid waste for Facility Services,said approximately 140 people are involved in the clean-up effortoutside Tiger Stadium. These individuals come from correctionalfacilities, Job Corp, which provides disadvantaged youth withtraining to prepare them for the workplace, and the Army ReserveOfficer Training Corps (ROTC), which is a program whereparticipating students become an officer in the U.S. Army upongraduation. Included alongside those individuals are approximately37 landscape personnel from Facility Services.
Porter said 70 tons of trash are removed from the stadium andcampus after a home football game. Facility Services trucks, whichhold 15 tons of trash per load, remove the trash.
One major form of trash that litters campus after game days isglass. After the Oregon State game on Sept. 4, the University senta broadcast e-mail informing students about broken glass on theParade Grounds.
Porter said the glass was only an issue after the Oregon Stategame. She attributed this to the Jumbotron and ESPN being on theParade Grounds and attracting larger crowds than normally are seenthere. She said glass on campus normally is not a problem.
LSUPD Maj. Ricky Adams said glass has not been an issue for thedepartment either. He said they do deal with instances ofindividuals throwing bottles or intentionally breaking glass inroadways, but they have not faced any of those issues thus far thisseason.
Humphreys said one problem is that some people have the attitudethat someone else will clean their mess up and thus do not clean upafter themselves.
Humphreys said individuals who tailgate in front of theElectrical Engineering building keep their area tidy and throwtheir trash into one of the 3,300 yellow trash containers providedby Facility Services. He said if more individuals would begin toclean up after themselves, the University would save an incredibleamount of money.
Porter said garbage collection alone costs the University$11,000 per game. She also estimated the University pays between$20,000 to $23,000 in labor costs for clean-up efforts after onegame. Other costs incurred are the placement of barricades, signs,portable toilets, stakes and ropes.