First of all, we would like to say that we are proud to have been so successful in encouraging a big change in the recycling of lunch trays during third lunch. We made lots of posters, and sandwich board signs.  A couple of us continue to relentlessly patrol the garbage bins at the end of 3rd lunch to check for trays that went into the trash in error. Since the initial buzz died down we have seen more people not using the recycling bins, but we would like to say that we need your recycling efforts now more than ever! Please continue to use the recycling bins provided!

In order to encourage you to do so, the Recycling Committee is going to sponsor a Lunch Competition between all of the three lunches.  Every week we will post a rough estimate of how many filled recycling barrels each lunch has produced and identify which lunch is in the lead in terms of successful recycling! 

The Recycling Committee is also working on other initiatives such as:

•a BLS building report card on recycling

•Merit Awards for Faculty and Administrators who are notable for their recycling efforts and for reducing their energy footprint in the building (turn off your lights)

•building-wide use of recycled paper

•building-wide recycling of cans and bottles

If you have any ideas to help us realize our goals, or if you would be willing to be a “lunch watcher” who helps us with our Lunch Competition by reporting the count of full recycling bins during your lunch, we could really use your help. Please e-mail us using the email address on this page.