Red Cup Cleanup
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Red Cup Cleanup is a program through the UC Davis Campus Center for the Environment that recycles number 6 plastic cups.
We are collecting used red cups and sending them to an organization called Terracycle, which uses the cups to make new plastic products. This provides a three-fold benefit:
1) the cups get recycled
2) it stops new plastic being produced to make these products
3) Terracycle donates two cents per cup to a charity of our choice. So what's wrong with just recycling the cups through the city of Davis?
09/02/2015
Thoughts for your hump day: although it's better to reduce consumption, sending your "trash" across the country to be recycled seems to be a better alternative than having it end up in a landfill.
Is it OK to ship recyclables cross-country -- if landfill is the alternative? Sure, sending trash far away burns more carbon than recycling it locally. But recycling it far away still beats trashing it. Umbra sorts the tradeoffs.
Cleaning out the place after last weekends rager?
Don't want to reuse those cups that ended up in the yard and got all sticky after Brad's "incident"? All good, bro! Let us take them off your hands and redeem yourself for losing at snappa!
Yo yo party people!! Hope you all have a kickin' Halloween! Remember to save those cups for us to pick up. Super easy and you'll help save lots of plastic from landfill. Be safe, kids. But mostly have tons o fun!
06/24/2014
Happy Summer! We are still collecting #6 plastic cups. If you save yours, just message us at [email protected], (530) 330-5833, or over Facebook. P.s. isn't this the cutest red cup you've ever seen?
05/12/2014
Make your mother proud and save your cups from this weekend!
UC Davis is also participating in other TerraCycle brigades! You can drop off chip bags and energy/granola bar wrappers at the CoHo, chip bags at any of the C stores by the Dining Commons, and old pens at any of the DCs.
Help divert waste from the landfill, and don't forget to save your cups.
04/13/2014
Another wonderful Picnic Day is over and now it's time for...clean up!! Don't forget to save those cups while you're cleaning! You can contact us for a pickup/drop-off at [email protected], (530) 330-5833, or over Facebook.
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Hope you all had a wonderful fun safe Picnic Day - don't forget to save those cups!!
04/11/2014
One day until Picnic Day! What are your plans?? If you are going to use RED CUPS, don't forget to SAVE THEM for us! Just fbook message, email [email protected], or text/call (530) 330-5833 to let us know and we will gladly come pick up your dry, stacked cups to be recycled.
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04/09/2014
Thank you Sigma Nu at UC Davis for saving and cleaning these cups for us! You guys rock!
04/04/2014
Playing box tetris this morning - we managed to fit 9 boxes into our teeny tiny car! Sadly, with all the boxes, there wasn't much room for a driver (don't worry, we were safe and managed to push the seat back before we left). Hope you're all enjoying the first weekend of the quarter! You can contact us over Facebook, [email protected], or (530) 330-5833 to arrange a pickup.
04/04/2014
Check out this impressive stack of cups from Chi Phi Davis. Thanks for saving your cups!!
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