Plastic bag recycling collection efforts are back in observance of Earth Day (April 22) and Arbor Day (April 27)!
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 2 through 30. 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.
Since the start of our plastic bag recycling efforts in April 2016, you helped NASA Langley collect a total of 531 pounds of plastic bag and film material! This amount is equivalent to diverting over 50,000 plastic grocery bags from our local waste stream.
