[Sci-tech-public] April / May issue of The Monthly Bale, from WGR

[Amy B. Donovan]

<http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/monthly_bale.shtml>The Monthly Bale

(Bale=A compacted and bound cube of recycled material.)
An informative and inspirational newsletter from the Working Group 
Recycling Committee to MIT Recycling Ambassadors, colleagues, and the MIT 
community.

Volume 2, No. 2
<http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/docs/monthly_bale/monthly_bale_040505.pdf>April/May 
2005

             <http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/>The Working Group Recycling 
Committee invites you to read the reducing waste issue of The Monthly Bale, 
now posted on our website: 
http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/docs/monthly_bale/monthly_bale_040505.pdf
         As we "go to press", the UN celebrates World Water Day.  Imagine 
how much water, energy, and resources it takes to fashion virgin copy paper 
from a tree in the forest. This process includes logging, trucking the 
logs, watering down the log piles in the lumberyard daily, pulping, 
bleaching, manufacturing, and distribution. Reducing the amount of goods we 
purchase, and therefore manufacture, as well as purchasing products made 
from recycled materials, saves not only natural resources but also water, 
environmental degradation, erosion, pollution of our water supply, and 
landfill space.
         A commitment to buy more products made with recycled materials is 
a perfect Earth Day resolution.  Start today by first reading this month's 
featured article in which Tyler Elm, Office Depot's Director of 
Environmental Affairs, discusses Office Depot's green initiatives and 
statistics that highlight how green purchasing is helping MIT to do our 
part for the Earth (eg., in 2004, MIT use of recycled content paper 
resulted in the conservation of 1,837 fully grown trees.)
         The Working Group Recycling Committee invites you to celebrate the 
Earth and MIT's many environmental options at our Earth Day Celebration at 
the Stata Center Amphitheater on Thursday April 28. See page 3 of the 
Monthly Bale for more information. In this issue we also offer MIT-specific 
tips for reducing the amount of waste we send to the landfill.

The Monthly Bale is posted on our website for on-line reading, or for 
printing out.  Please reduce waste by printing double-sided on recycled paper.
To read current or archived issues of The Monthly Bale, please visit: 
http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/monthly_bale.shtml

Download our April e-calendar featuring environmental lectures, WGR meeting 
dates, and green purchasing tips from this month's sponsor, Office Depot! 
http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/calendars.shtml

Please forward this email to your friends and coworkers!

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The mission of the MIT Working Group Recycling Committee is to develop and 
deliver programs that educate administrative and support staff about 
recycling, reducing and reusing goods. Efforts include 
identifying/addressing gaps in staff understanding about recycling as well 
as gaps in recycling resources and creating ways to increase recycling at 
MIT.  For more information about the Working Group Recycling Committee, 
please visit: http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/index.shtml
For more information about the Recycling Ambassadors Plus Program, please 
visit: http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/ambassadors_plus.shtml

Amy Donovan
Co-Chair, Working Group Recycling Committee http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/
a subcommittee of WGSSI: http://web.mit.edu/committees/wgssi/
Editor, The Monthly Bale http://web.mit.edu/wgrecycling/monthly_bale.shtml
adonovan at mit.edu
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