From Monday, April 19th, to Saturday, April 25th, people can drop off the items listed below at IU South Bend campus locations: Administration Building (Grille cafeteria), Student Activities Center, Northside Hall, and Wiekamp Hall:
• STYROFOAM - Expanded polystyrene #6 (we can only accept white, small beaded, Styrofoam that has a recycling symbol that says #6 PS; e.g., Styrofoam coolers, Styrofoam used to pack electronics)
• PACKING PEANUTS AND BUBBLE WRAP
• EGG CARTONS (any type)
• PLASTIC BAGS (any type, including grocery bags, dry cleaning, bread bags, newspaper, etc)
• SHOES - shoes need to be rubber banded together in pairs
On Saturday, April 25th, from 10am - 2pm behind the Administration Building, in addition to all of the items listed above, we will also be collecting:
• COMPUTERS - $15 charge for each monitor
• Giving away TV COUPONS (one coupon per household) from the St. Joseph Solid Waste Management District. These coupons will allow you to take your used TV to Solid Waste for proper recycling free of charge (TVs will not be collected at IUSB, but must be dropped of at Hazardous Waste Facility on 5th Street in Mishawaka).
What will be done with the materials collected?
Styrofoam will be taken to the TEGRANT Corporation in Michigan City, where it will be remolded into new Styrofoam containers. Packing peanuts and bubble wrap will be taken to UPS stores. Egg cartons will be given to local chicken farmers and churches. Plastic bags will be recycled at Wal-Mart and area grocery stores. Shoes will be sent to the Shoes-4-Africa program, local Goodwill, and really worn shoes will be sent to Nike Grind (to be ground and used to make surfaces for athletic courts). Computers will be refurbished by Free Geek and redistributed to lower income households in Michiana.
This event is being sponsored by the Environmental Justice Club, Recycling Committee, and Center for a Sustainable Future.
• PACKING PEANUTS AND BUBBLE WRAP
• EGG CARTONS (any type)
• PLASTIC BAGS (any type, including grocery bags, dry cleaning, bread bags, newspaper, etc)
• SHOES - shoes need to be rubber banded together in pairs
On Saturday, April 25th, from 10am - 2pm behind the Administration Building, in addition to all of the items listed above, we will also be collecting:
• COMPUTERS - $15 charge for each monitor
• Giving away TV COUPONS (one coupon per household) from the St. Joseph Solid Waste Management District. These coupons will allow you to take your used TV to Solid Waste for proper recycling free of charge (TVs will not be collected at IUSB, but must be dropped of at Hazardous Waste Facility on 5th Street in Mishawaka).
What will be done with the materials collected?
Styrofoam will be taken to the TEGRANT Corporation in Michigan City, where it will be remolded into new Styrofoam containers. Packing peanuts and bubble wrap will be taken to UPS stores. Egg cartons will be given to local chicken farmers and churches. Plastic bags will be recycled at Wal-Mart and area grocery stores. Shoes will be sent to the Shoes-4-Africa program, local Goodwill, and really worn shoes will be sent to Nike Grind (to be ground and used to make surfaces for athletic courts). Computers will be refurbished by Free Geek and redistributed to lower income households in Michiana.
This event is being sponsored by the Environmental Justice Club, Recycling Committee, and Center for a Sustainable Future.
I hope to see many friendly faces at this year's event!
1 comment:
I believe that plastic bags are not ought to be banned from being use although there should be restrictions to minimize the effects on the environment. More so, I believe that we should constantly recycle plastic bags so that its usefulness never diminishes
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