Plastic bag recycling collection efforts are back for the month of April in observance of Earth Day and Arbor Day!
Once again, NASA Langley is working with the York/Poquoson Master Gardeners to recycle plastic bags and film packaging, potentially for a composite bench to be placed in a local school or learning garden.
You can drop off your clean, dry, empty plastic bag and plastic film materials in the designated collection boxes in the hallway of IESB from April 3rd through 28th. The following materials can be collected for recycling in the boxes:
Please make sure the plastic bag and film materials that you are recycling are dry and do not have food waste in them. Additionally, plastic bottles and cups should be recycled in their appropriate bin. This collection is for plastic bags and film only.
In 2016, you helped NASA Langley collect 285 pounds of plastic material for recycling. It is estimated that your efforts diverted 31,500 plastic bags from local landfills by in 2016! All plastic material was donated to the Master Gardeners and two composite benches were placed in the nearby community. Stay tuned after the collection is over for updates on how much LaRC recycled this time!
