University President Michael Adams is putting it on the people to pick up their mess this weekend. On Tuesday a group of administrators and members of the Physical Plant, the University Police Department and Athletics Department met to discuss plans to alleviate the amount of trash left from tailgating for the second home game of the season.

“We don’t want any kind of war with our fans,” Adams told the Athletic Association Board of Directors Wednesday in its quarterly meeting.

The solution the University came up with to deal with the trash is to distribute more garbage bags and encourage fans to clean up after themselves.

Volunteers from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will encourage tailgaters to bag their trash and place it in bins around campus. About 12,000 trash bags will be distributed in parking lots and around campus on Saturday.

“The main thing is, people are looking for a solution,” said Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs, in a telephone interview Wednesday. “And the solution lies within ourselves. We’re going to have to carry out what we bring in.”

One of the factors Adams addressed last week during his monthly media briefing was the occurrence of public urination and defecation by tailgaters on North Campus. To combat this problem, about 50 extra port-a-potties will be distributed throughout campus and tailgating areas, said George Stafford, associate vice president for auxiliary and administrative services.

“There will be extra [port-a-potties] all over the place,” said Stafford, noting those will be in addition to the 200 to 300 normally in place on game days.

As far as determining which areas need more, Jackson said the University receives a report after each home game detailing which of the portable bathrooms are full.

“Where they are full, we are putting more,” Jackson said, adding there will be several near the main library on North Campus.

Part of the cleanup plan also includes several large roll-off Dumpsters strategically placed around campus.

“For the first game [with the new procedures] we’re going to put three of them in the North Campus area,” Stafford said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

Dumpsters will be located in the bus bay on Jackson Street, in the main library parking lot and near New College.

University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Wednesday that everyone on the police force will be working Saturday for the game day, but there won’t be an increase in ticketing for acts such as littering.

“We’re not in a position, nor do we want to start ticketing people for this,” he said. “I’m not saying it would never occur.”

And though fans might not need to worry about a littering ticket, it seems Adams’ call for help with the trash pickup hasn’t fallen on deaf ears.

Upon seeing the photos published on The Red & Black’s front page last week of debris on campus after the home opener, members of Alpha Kappa Psi decided it was time to take action.

As part of its Gameday Garbage Bag Drive, the co-ed business fraternity has been collecting trash bags all week and will distribute them on Saturday to tailgaters.

“It was kind of a spur of the moment thing that we threw together last minute this week,” said Melanie Foster, vice president of public relations for Alpha Kappa Psi. “But things have gone really well. We’ve accepted donations from Chick-fil-A and Jittery Joe’s, and we’re trying to invite other people to contribute bags as well, or get involved.”

Foster, a senior from Marietta, said volunteers will hand out the bags on campus Saturday, and if the efforts are successful, the group will continue the garbage bag drive for the rest of the football season.

“Everyone saw how gross it was [after the first home game],” Foster said. “We felt like we really needed to step up and help the other alliances and organizations already contributing [to picking up on game days].”

Members of UGA Gameday Recycles – which includes members of the Ecology Club, local high school students and anyone else who wishes to volunteer – will continue their efforts to help recycle materials on Saturday.

“We’ve changed our methods from last year, which is great because we’ve increased our collection exponentially” said Caitlin Smith, a member of Gameday Recycles.

Smith said the group is visiting as many tailgates on campus as possible and is talking to fans about the importance of recycling. Volunteers in bright yellow shirts will hand out bags for recyclable materials and will collect cans and bottles from fans at the gates of Sanford Stadium.

“I feel like there’s a lot of people who are for recycling,” said Smith, a senior from Charlotte, N.C. “But there’s a lot of people who are lazy. So we are trying to make it as convenient and accessible as possible for these people. So we’ll do all the hard work, but they’ll still feel good about it.”

Crews from American Stadium Services, the firm contracted to clean campus on Sundays following a home game, will make an initial sweep through North Campus during the first quarter of the football game to begin picking up trash left by tailgaters.

But even with the increased amount of trash bags, garbage bins, port-a-potties and overall recycling efforts, it still comes down to the individual to make the effort a success, Jackson said.

“The community needs to encourage other members of the community to take responsibility,” he said. “There’s no rule against carrying out someone else’s trash, too, if you want to be part of the solution. If you see someone around not cooperating, do it yourself.”