The Green Team also initiated a Most Wanted Poster that is periodically circulated via email to point out recyclables that have ended up in the trash. (See documents for an example). This is part of an ongoing educational process to the staff about the many items that are recycled in the buildings.

The APPC Worm Composting Project got under way with the arrival of the worms. (See photos and documents) The goals of this project, funded by a grant from the Penn Green Fund, are to recycle staffers' food waste through the composter and to educate about how composting works. 

May 2010, APPC Starts Recycling CDs, DVDs, and No. 5 Plastics

These links provide more information.

www.cdrecyclingcenter.com

http://www.preserveproducts.com/recycling/gimme5.html

March 2010, Annenberg Green Team Formed

ASC and APPC staff members teamed up  in March to form the Annenberg Green Team. The team also is working with the University of Pennsylvania’s new Staff Eco-Reps program, a volunteer group representing different schools, departments and centers.  At its first meeting, team members brainstormed immediate and long-term proposals. Below are some of the ideas:

• Contributing Green Tips to the monthly staff newsletter: The first tip could be a seasonal one about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), community gardens, and possible organizing a staff vegetable share for the office gardeners.
• Eliminating disposable coffee cups and cutlery: The BYO policy for internal staff events could be promoted with a giveaway such as a free coffee mug
• Promoting the university’s pen recycling program
• Using desk lamps as alternative to overhead lighting
• Adding motion sensors for bathroom lighting
• Setting up a special meeting for event planners to discuss how to throw a sustainable event
• Creating an opt-in list serv for Annenberg community to promote the reuse and recycling of personal possessions
• Making double-sided printing the default
• Measuring the amount of paper used in printers and copiers – reducing by 10%
• Replacing Keurig coffee machine with environmentally friendly alternative
• Installing electric hand dryers
• Combining efforts on composting
• Doing a feasibility stuff for a green roof for ASC

March 2010, APPC Awarded Grant for Worm Composting Project

         The Annenberg Public Policy Center received a grant for a worm composting project to start this spring. The project is intended to educate staffers in a fun way about how to compost food waste by using material from the building's kitchens. Another goal is to encourage staffers to start their own compost sites at home. The Penn Green Fund, an initiative of Penn's Green Campus Partnership,  awards grants to green projects proposed by students, faculty and staff.