E-commute Facts
If 10% of the nation's workforce drove one day less per week to work, we'd breathe air with 12,963 tons (25.926 million pounds) less air pollution. That's the equivalent weight of 102 Boeing 747 planes at takeoff!
Urban Mobility Report
In 2006 in the DC-VA-MD area, the average annual delay due to congestion was 60 hours/year, and the average amount of gas wasted by drivers due to congestion was 43 gallons/year. This amounted to an average cost of $2,331/year.
Recycling at Mason
What Can You Recycle?
Material |
Items Accepted |
Instructions |
| Cardboard | Corrugated boxes and most other cardboard containers | Make sure boxes are clean and flat; place next to blue containers. |
| Glass | All colors accepted | Make sure they are clean, dry and empty. Do not seperate, just place in proper bins marked for glass. |
| Plastics | Both #1 (PETE, e.g.: drink bottles) and #2 (HDPE, e.g.: milk jugs) | Make sure they are clean, dry and empty. Place in proper bins marked for plastics. |
| Metal cans | Aluminum, steel, aerosol and paint cans | Make sure they are clean, dry and empty. Place in proper bins marked for cans. |
| Paper | White paper: paper with any color of computer ink, green-striped Mason letterhead, calendar shets, copy machine paper, white index cards and receipts Mixed paper: all envelopes, glossy paper, gift wrap, forms in multiple colors, magazines, manila folders, sticky notes, yellow legal pad and all books Newsprint: newspapers, moving paper, packaging paper and class catalogs GMU directories and laserjet cartridges may also be placed on or near blue bins. |
Do not mix white paper, mixed paper and newspaper together in bins. Place each in its proper marked bin. |
Recycling Best Practices
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