Every day, students and staff on the MU campus throw away 30,000 pounds of trash. Thirty percent of the material could be recycled.

Everything from soda cans to newspapers can be recycled, but people throw them away. One thing some people don't know is that any plastic with a one or a two in the triangle is recyclable.

Sustain Mizzou is an environmental awareness group on campus. The group organized Wednesday's event as a show and tell and wants to make sure people know where to recycle.

"The problem is a lot of times there isn't a recycling bin right next to the trash so it's just a convenience thing. And they don't want to turn the corner to see if there is recycling, they just want to get rid of it right away," said Emily Bearden of Sustain Mizzou. "I think campus is working on having more bins, and the goal is to have as many or more bins as trash cans so it's an easier thing to recycle than throw something away."

Sustain Mizzou members will be on campus talking to people about the benefits of recycling.