Meeting Notes: January 10, 2008

Paper recycling

• Natale volunteered to laminate new signs for recycling boxes
• We determined that is was not necessary to purchase blue recycling cans for everyone's office--cardboard boxes work just fine
• We decided that only office paper should be recycled in these boxes, not food wrappers and other recycling or trash

Glass and other plastic recycling

• Erin will purchase another container for recycling glass and the red cups
• We will investigate getting warehouse personnel to take these to the recycling dumpster
• The color of this container should be green

Battery recycling

• David will look into getting a free container for batteries
• Mark will look at prices for containers at Home Depot this weekend

Florescent light recycling

• Mark will call Veolia to get pricing information

Paper and plastic cup recycling

• Red cups can be recycled as discussed above
• Val and Erin will compare prices of more environmentally friendly alternatives
• The difference in cost will have to be paid for by the task force

Task force e-mails

• Mark will draft two e-mails: one announcing the environmental initiatives discussed above and another announcing our bake sale to raise funds. E-mails will be sent when the initiatives discussed above are in place.

Bake sale

• We will have a bake sale to raise funds for the green initiatives of the task force
• Our goal is to be self-funded
• We will buy muffins from Costco and sell them in-house in the break room
• Proceeds will pay for our activities, particularly for the items discussed below

Other fundraising ideas

• Book sale on eBay
• Raffle
• Car wash

Expected future expenditures (costs)

• Recycling tubes (tubes specifically for this purpose are $30 each or more)
• Recycling florescent bulbs
• Repaclacing incandescent interior bulbs with compact florescents
• Paying for the difference in an incandescent and energy efficient floodlight for outside
• Paying for the difference between our current kitchen supplies (i.e., plastic forks, cups, etc.) and more environmentally friendly alternatives