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New Triplets On Campus

Triplets

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

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 1, July 15, 2003

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