NEWS - 11.10.03

For Immediate Release
Contact: Marianne Martin, 303-492-8307

CU’s Green Teams help students living off-campus to reduce, reuse and recycle
Recycling info distributed to homes on the Hill and Goss-Grove on Saturday – America Recycles Day

WHO: CU Recycling’s “Green Teams” and volunteers
WHAT: Distribute information about how and why to recycle
WHERE: The Hill and Goss-Grove neighborhoods
WHEN: Saturday, November 15 from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
WHY: To celebrate America Recycles Day and inform off campus student
residents of the importance of recycling

PHOTO EDITORS: The Green Teams will begin distributing literature at 2:30 p.m. at 14th and College on the Hill.

To celebrate America Recycles Day and to inform University of Colorado off-campus residents of the benefits and importance of recycling, the CU Recycling’s “Green Teams” will be distributing recycling information to homes in the Hill and Goss Grove neighborhoods on Saturday, November 15 from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

The Green Teams and volunteers will go house to house with information listing the materials appropriate for recycling pick-up in Boulder, and a list of locations to drop off materials that cannot be recycled at home. In addition, the Green Teams will provide residents with information on how to get recycling collection at their homes, and how to request more recycling bins.

“The Green Teams pride themselves on being able to reach out to student households and give them the info they need to reduce waste and recycle. We expect to help nearly 1500 households to improve their recycling habits – habits today’s students will take with them throughout their lives where ever they live,” explains Marna Hibberd, student coordinator of the Green Teams.

America Recycles Day will be celebrated nationwide on Saturday, November 15. In the city of Boulder, recycling and composting diverts 49 percent of total the total waste from landfills, and 54 percent of households use just one 32-gallon trash can or less per week. Recycling is considered to be one of the biggest environmental successes of the late twentieth century by the EPA.

The Green Teams are a partnership between CU Recycling and the City of Boulder.

Volunteers are still needed to help with this effort. Meet at the CU Environmental Center (UMC 355) at 2:00pm for lunch and training. Volunteers will then spend one to two hours distributing information.

For more information on America Recycles Day, including a list of nationwide activities, visit http://www.americarecyclesday.org.

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