Don’t just wear green for St. Patrick’s Day. Be green by participating in the SustainVU phone book and paper recycling drive.

There will be dumpsters in three locations to collect paper from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Monday, March 17:
o    Peabody Recycling Center (Behind the Commons Dining Center)
o    Branscomb Hall
o    Divinity School
 
If you have large amounts to recycle, you may also bring your ID to one of the stations to check out a wheeled toter to take back to your office and load up.

In addition to phone books (Yellow Pages, White Pages and Vanderbilt directories), you can also bring magazines, files, soft cover books, hard cover books (need to get rid of any old textbooks?), newspapers and any kind of paper, white and colored.

Paper clips and staples are OK. Corrugated cardboard is not (although there is a special recycling area for it behind The Commons that you can access any time).

Recycling makes good sense:
Fiscally – garbage costs Vanderbilt more money to dispose of than collecting recyclables
Civically – it keeps the landfills in Middle Tennessee from filling up
Environmentally – it helps protect the finite resources of our planet.

For more information about Vanderbilt’s recycling efforts, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/recycling_vu.php#RecFAQ9.

Rain date: Light rain will not affect the drive. If there is heavy rain and/or lightning, Tuesday, March 18, will be the rain date.

This event is sponsored by the VU Sustainability and Environmental Management Office together with VU Plant Operations.

Contact: EARTH (615) 343-2784
recycle@vanderbilt.edu