The NYU Bookstores is proud to provide customers with the opportunity to help preserve the environment. Each year the Bookstore uses over 300,000 plastic bags of varying sizes* and together we can better preserve the environment by reducing our plastic bag consumption. Plastic bags can have a significant impact on the environment. They clutter landfills, clog roadside drains and choke marine and wildlife animals who mistake plastic bags for food.
*2006-2007 academic year. Since starting this program, the
number of plastic bags used on a yearly basis has dropped to
approximately 125,000
Here's how we can work together to reduce plastic bag usage -
Refuse a plastic bag -
With each purchase made at the Bookstore, customers will have the opportunity to refuse a plastic bag and in turn the Bookstore will donate the average cost of a bag (5 cents) to one of four designated non-profit environmentally friendly organizations.
How it works -
- All of the NYU Bookstores are equipped with Sustainability Fixtures in the front of store.
- At the check out counter each customer is asked if they would like a bag with their purchase.
- If the customer replies 'yes', they are given a plastic bag.
- If the customer replies 'no', they are given a 5 cent wooden token.
- The customer then places the token in the Sustainability Fixture for the environmentally friendly organization of their choice.
Non-Profit Organizations -
The Sustainability Fixture featured in the front of the store allows customers to choose from one of these four environmentally friendly organizations to place their donation -
NYU Green
New Yorkers For Parks
National Wildlife Federation
Greenpeace
Read more about our program in the Washington Square News >> View Article
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