URI apartments and recycling

Something that has been bothering me more and more lately, is that there are literally no recycling bins anywhere near my apartments.

I live in the University Apartments, at the top of campus. There are four buildings, with an average of 12 people living in each building. Around 48 people live in my area of campus, which, as you can guess, means a LOT of garbage. According to one study, each American produces around 5.1lbs of garbage a day. In one day, my apartment buildings produces about 240lbs of garbage a day.

Personally, I know that nearly a third of the garbage that is thrown away in my apartment are recyclables; cans, bottles, paper, etc. However, there is literally no recycling bins near my apartments. In fact, the closest recycling bins are in the Memorial Union.

Why would URI, knowing that college students living together would amass intense amounts of garbage, not place recycling bins anywhere near the vicinity of the apartment buildings that I live in?!

It's absurd, that we are forced to throw our recyclables into the trash, forcing us to pollute the planet.