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Plastic Bag Recycling & Reusable Bags at Cornell

Plastic Bag Recycling & Reusable Bags at Cornell. BioNB 321 Action Project 2008 Christina Romero April 23, 2008. Wall Street. Manhattan. Why recycle plastic bags?. Plastic bags are ubiquitous & wasteful!.

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Plastic Bag Recycling & Reusable Bags at Cornell

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  1. Plastic Bag Recycling & Reusable Bags at Cornell BioNB 321 Action Project2008 Christina Romero April 23, 2008

  2. Wall Street

  3. Manhattan

  4. Why recycle plastic bags? • Plastic bags are ubiquitous & wasteful! • No formal system for recycling plastic bags on campus

  5. It’s a bigger deal than you think! Marine Life

  6. It’s a bigger deal than you think! Terrestrial Life

  7. It’s a bigger deal than you think! Landfill Pileup

  8. Recycling at Cornell • No formal recycling system for plastic bags • Campus Store • RPCC

  9. 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

  10. Plastic Bag Recycling in Ithaca

  11. Reusable Bags • Incentives • “Punchcards” with purchases • Free coffee? • Posting signs at registers

  12. Think twice about taking a plastic bag for your purchases… USE YOUR BACKPACK

  13. BIGREDsays… GO GREEN! FORGET ABOUT THE PLASTIC, USE YOUR BACKPACK OR A REUSABLE BAG

  14. or Reusable? Plastic? reconsider plastic bags!

  15. 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

  16. Reusable Bags in the news…

  17. 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

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