{"39627":{"#nid":"39627","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Go Jackets, Go Green","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EComing off a busy summer, Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling Manager Cindy Jackson is gearing up for the Institute\u0027s Game Day Recycling.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBegun last year, the recycling initiative sought to enlist the help of campus tailgaters and visitors in the stadium\u0027s suites. From the first game of the season, student volunteers on campus gave blue-colored compostable bags for fans to place all of their recyclable waste in-aluminum cans, plastic and glass. Facilities Department employees collected the bags after the games. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecycling Services collected nearly 12 tons of material from the fans of seven home games last year. In the first game-Tech vs. Jacksonville State University-1.1 tons of waste was collected.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022While this can have a slight financial advantage, we\u0027re helping to take materials out of the waste stream, which in turn reduces landfill costs,\u0022 said Jackson, who is also the director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Earth Day celebration. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith one less home game this year, the program has doubled its recycling target from last year. This year, the office seeks to collect 20 tons through six home games. With a few more volunteers and an expanded service area, Jackson says she thinks it\u0027s a workable target. \u0022This is our second year,\u0022 she said. \u0022So many more people are aware of the program, and should hopefully be looking for it.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough volunteers worked mostly to distribute bags to tailgaters last year, this year sees expanded opportunities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative is now recruiting \u0022recycling ambassadors\u0022 to work at the gates helping to direct visitors to place recyclables in blue bins. Roughly 40 volunteers will be needed each game. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re going to reach out to student organizations and offer an \u0027adopt-a-game\u0027 initiative,\u0022 she said. \u0022We want to make it a tradition for students here, starting with the freshmen, to help the games go green. We\u0027re hoping people take these behaviors learned from the games and incorporate them into their daily lives.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring game days, recyclable materials do not need to be sorted. Glass, aluminum and plastic can be placed in the same bins and bags. Jackson said she hopes this can be the start of a waste-minimization effort across campus-and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Game Day Recycling initiative moves into its second year"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Beginning its second year, Georgia Tech\u0027s Game Day Recycling initiative expands with a new emphasis on stadium participation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Football opener brings Game Day Recycling expansion"}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2009-08-31 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:25","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39628":{"id":"39628","type":"image","title":"Game Day Recycling tailgate bag","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894263","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:43","alt":"Game Day Recycling tailgate bag","file":{"fid":"189697","name":"tpl29899.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpl29899_4.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpl29899_4.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12300,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpl29899_4.jpg?itok=4fCJclQ5"}},"39629":{"id":"39629","type":"image","title":"Recycle bin at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Gran","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894263","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:43","alt":"Recycle bin at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Gran","file":{"fid":"189696","name":"tnj29899.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnj29899_4.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnj29899_4.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":15005,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tnj29899_4.jpg?itok=1OABVfgF"}}},"media_ids":["39628","39629"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Athletics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.recycle.gatech.edu\/game_day_recycling.php","title":"Game Day Recycling"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1842","name":"game day recycling"},{"id":"1153","name":"recycling"},{"id":"3403","name":"tailgating"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ECindy Jackson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Solid Waste Management \u0026amp; Recycling\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cindy.jackson@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Cindy Jackson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-0088\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["cindy.jackson@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}