A group of students are collecting as much recycling as they can within the next two and a half weeks.

These students are members of the Entrepreneurship Initiative program housed in The Garage on Centennial Campus.

According to the website, the Entrepreneurship Initiative program is sponsored by Red Hat; the Garage gives students a place to work on different projects and collaborate. The Entrepreneurship Initiative program also offers general courses in entrepreneurship for all students. 

The courses offered through the Entrepreneurship Initiative program are intended for students who are interested in learning more about entrepreneurship. These courses also complement other entrepreneurship offerings on campus and satisfy general education requirements.

Angela Hollen, a graduate student in textiles and apparel technology and management,and graduate advisor for the Entrepreneurship Initiative Program and event coordinator for the recycling program said she is helping to advise the members of the Entrepreneurship Initiative program starting this program.

According to Hollen, the main purpose of the recycling program is to share the importance of recycling with campus. 

“This is a big event we’re hoping to be repeated in future years through the entrepreneurship inititive” said Hollen. “N.C. State is the first University to partner with Coke in this regard.”

Entrepreneurship Initiative members have two and a half weeks to hand out all the bags that Coke gave them. They’ve handed out the bags everywhere the members of the group can think of, according to Hollen.

“They’ve been passing the bags out to students, dorms, apartment buildings, the RBC Center and bars,” said Hollen. “We went on Hillsborough Street to hand out bags, too. We handed out bags to the N.C. Republican Party office. We would have handed them out to the Democrat office, but we couldn’t find it.”

According to Hollen, the RBC Center is going to be a large partnership in the initiative. The RBC Center is allowing the group to collect recycling at NCSU games held there.

“At the moment, we’re going to be storing the bags at The Garage,” Hollen said.

Between Jan. 24 and Jan. 27, an RV provided by Coke will be in the Brickyard between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. giving away prizes for bags of recycling turned in at the RV, according to Hollen. 

“The RV is going to have all sorts of stuff in it,” said Hollen.

On Jan. 27, Coke will be giving out free Cokes and other prizes, according to Hollen.