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BioNB 321 Action
Project 2008 Christina
Romero
April 23, 2008
Plastic Bag Recycling &
Reusable Bags at Cornell
Wall Street
Manhattan
Why recycle plastic bags?
• Plastic bags are ubiquitous & wasteful!
• No formal system for recycling plastic bags on campus
It’s a bigger deal than you think!Marine Life
It’s a bigger deal than you think!
Terrestrial Life
It’s a bigger deal than you think!
Landfill Pileup
Recycling at Cornell
•No formal recycling system for plastic bags–Campus Store–RPCC
Recycling at Cornell
•Start on West Campus–Alice Cook House–Carl L. Becker House–Hans Bethe House
•Recycling bin on ground floor
–Noyes Community Center
Plastic Bag Recycling in Ithaca
Reusable Bags
•Incentives–“Punchcards” with purchases•Free coffee?
–Posting signs at registers
Think twice about taking a plastic bag for your purchases…
USE YOUR BACKPAC
K
BIGRED says…GO
GREEN!FORGET ABOUT THE PLASTIC, USE YOUR
BACKPACK OR A REUSABLE BAG
Plastic?or
Reusable?
Ongoing Progress…
• Reusable Bags– Collecting samples of reusable bags to
offer customers– Consider signs (modify?) for recycling
bins & check out areas• Training cashiers
• New bags: “100% recycled film” – larger
Reusable Bags in the news…
Special Thanks• Kevin Drake, Operations Manager• Margie Whiteleather, Strategic Projects
Manager • Chelsea Clarke, CU Student• Joe Regenstein, Prof. of Food Science• Ellen Harrison, Director CWMI• Walt Smithers, University Solid Waste
Manager• Mike Mott, Contracted Services• West Campus House Prof & GRFs• Dena Vallano, TA
