Some students have noticed that taking out the trash is getting increasingly more difficult due to overflowing dumpsters.

“I take out the trash maybe once a week, and I’d say [the garbage Dumpster] is full maybe 30 percent of the time,” Kevin Thornewell, freshman in First Year College, said. “It gets really bad the day before Spring Break or Winter Break. Then it will definitely be full.”

Louis Ta, freshman in business administration, said he’s noticed the same issues in the short time he has been at N.C. State.

“I’m kind of new to State, and I’ve noticed that a lot of the garbage facilities are always full,” Ta said. “It’s rather disgusting. Is it really that hard to keep the Dumpster from overflowing?”

Two problems Ta has seen with these Dumpsters are the look and smell.

“N.C. State should care more about how other people will think of our University when they see these things. I cover my mouth whenever I walk by the Dumpsters because of the smell,” he said.

But Facilities said it hasn’t seen a problem.

“We haven’t heard any complaints so far,” Jack Colby, assistant vice chancellor for Facilties, said.

Each of the campus buildings and halls is scheduled for pickup on a regular basis.

“Those routes are based on typical usage, so if we find that there is more waste coming out of a facility, then we make more frequent pickups to that building,” Colby said.

But large events at certain facilities can create increased waste and even overflow, he said.

“At times, some buildings might have an activity where they would produce more waste, and then the waste would pile up, but we would like people to give us a call and tell us about the event, and we would make some more pickups,” Cobly said. “It is very easy to make a call to the facility, and the customer service center is open 24 hours a day, so people can call and leave requests for work orders.”

Before long breaks during the school year, there will always be a buildup of trash, according to Colby.

“It’s not the normal situation, and it overwhelms the Dumpsters,” he said. “It’s hard when people put a large object in the Dumpster, because it starts overflowing. We’ve seen furnishings, appliances, tables and chairs.”

Thornewell said he thinks recycling could minimize these overflows and benefit the environment in the process.

“It would help the problem if everyone recycled. I see a bunch of trash bags with bottles and cans in the trash, but how hard is it to throw it in the recycling bin?” Thornewell said, “The campus provides you with them, and it’s better for the environment.”

Colby agreed, saying recycling really cuts down on the amount of trash in the dumpsters.

“Our recycling office works very closely with the IRC to encourage recycling, and we encourage people to use the recycling containers to dispose of recyclables whenever possible,” he said.