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

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

14. Plastic? or Reusable?

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