Jun 20
Less in the landfill
Posted by AG under: Green .
The Greensboro Coliseum attracts thirsty people. Every year they down about 500,000 soft drinks –– now served only in recyclable bottles. Beer is served in 12-ounce aluminum cans, and there are plenty of those, too.
Coliseum visitors have had access to cardboard recycling bins throughout the complex, but they lacked eye appeal, and too many recyclables went into the trash.
Coliseum managers figure guests will do better if they have some visual encouragement.
Soon the coliseum will have 100 new bottle-shaped recycling containers, thanks in part to an $18,000 grant from the state’s Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. The city is adding about $3,500, too.
The coliseum’s also installing a compacting Dumpster to process the recyclables more efficiently, and is putting in a chute to make filling it easier.
Greensboro’s recycling program already gets high marks, and so have the coliseum’s previous green efforts.
Green’s good for Greensboro.
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