New
Triplets On Campus
Penn
is now home to some 21
new Triplets that have recently
been placed throughout the
campus, including this trio
(above) which is at the Class
of '59 Plaza, at 37th and Locust
Walks.
Last
month,
the
University
set
out
21 "Triplet" Recycle
Bins
around
campus,
an
investment
in Penn's
continuing
leadership
on
environmental
issues.
Working
with
concerned
students
from
the
Penn
Environment
Group,
Facilities
and
Real
Estate
Services
developed
the
new
prototype
receptacles
to
handle
trash,
paper,
and
co-mingled
glass,
aluminum,
and
plastic.
Since
their
installation,
they
have
virtually
eliminated
contamination
in
recycling
containers
in
outdoor
locations.
To
ensure
follow-through
by
Penn's
custodial
staff,
the
bags
in
the
new
Triplets
are
coded: brown
for
trash,
and
clear
for
paper
and
co-mingled
bottles
and
cans.
All
three
bags
are
loaded
into
wheeled
totes,
and
brought
to
one
of
a
dozen
recycle
stations,
where
recyclables
are
separated
out.
Several
times
a
week,
Penn
rear-loading
garbage
trucks
empty
all
the
dumpsters,
and
the
bottles,
cans
and
paper
are
delivered
to
off-campus
recycling
centers.
Please
help
us
make
the
most
our
new
Triplets.
Any
type
of
clean
paper,
including
cardboard,
is
acceptable
in
the
paper
slot.
The
aluminum,
glass,
and
plastic
bin
is
for
recyclable
bottles
and
cans--please,
no
plastic
wrap,
yogurt
containers,
or
plastic
packaging.
(Our
recycling
centers
only
want
bottles
and
cans,
and
don't
have
a
use
for
other
types
of
plastic.)
Triplet
locations
are
along
Locust
Walk
(at
the
Class
of
1920
Commons,
Huntsman
Hall,
the
Class
of
'59
Plaza
and
across
from
Steinberg
Dietrich),
in
the
Hamilton
Village
and
on
College
Green,
on
Woodland
Walk
behind
Steinberg-Dietrich,
on
the
Fine
Arts
Plaza
outside
Meyerson,
in
Perleman
Plaza
and
by
the
tables
adjacent
to
Irvine,
at
University
Square
and
Pottruck
Fitness
Center,
on
Hamilton
Walk
by
the
Johnson
Pavilion,
at
Chancellor
Walk
outside
Levine
Hall,
by
the
Palestra
Tennis
Courts,
and
adjacent
to
Franklin
Field
at
33rd
and
Spruce.
What
are
the
benefits? Recycling
saves
Penn
about
2,000
tons
of
landfill
trash
annually,
giving
us
one
of
the
highest
rates
of
recycling
for
any
institution
in
the
state.
This
translates
into
reduced
tipping
charges
at
landfills
and
a
host
of
other
benefits.
For
more
information
on
Penn's
environmental
initiatives,
visit
the
website
at www.facilities.upenn.edu/environment/.
--Daniel
Garofalo, Senior Facilities
Planner