Student Tribune
Green Tip - Kick the (water bottle) Habit!
According to www.onegreenplanet.org, Americans buy
around 50 billion bottles of water a year and less than 1 of every 4 bottles
gets recycled properly. Most end up in landfills. Additionally, nearly 17
million barrels of oil are used annually to produce the plastic water bottles
used in the U.S. The bottles are made from a petroleum product called
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which takes a lot of fossil fuels to make and
transport. These plastic bottles will take up to 1,000 years to decompose
(photodegrade)!
How can you help? Reduce & Reuse
- Stock your home with reusable water bottles to use. Only use returnable
plastic bottles when necessary.
- Purchase a water filter. Keep your filtered water in the refrigerator and
use it to fill your reusable water bottle.
- Here at MCC we have refilling stations on every floor at the Downtown
Campus, and at these locations at the Brighton Campus:
- Building 1 - Floor 3 - near President's Office
- Building 4 - Theater Lobby
- Building 5 - Floors 2 - 5 near restrooms
- Building 6 - Floor 2 near elevator
- Building 8 - Floors 2 - 6 near restrooms
- Building 10 - Floor 1 - near pool and 2 near gym
- Building 21 - Floor 1 near restrooms / garage
Recycle!
If you do use a plastic bottle, be sure to empty it and recycle it properly.
Empty the bottle completely, place the cap back on tightly and place it in the
Blue Recycling bin at MCC.
You can also return plastic water bottles to the grocery store and get back
the 5 cent deposit.
Penwarden, Ann
Sustainability Steering Committee’s Recycling Committee
05/14/2019