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Welcome to Go Green,
Physical Plant Division Sustainability Initiative
From GreenGov Challenge at the http://whitehouse.gov/GreenGov
On Monday, October 5th, 2009, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order on Federal Sustainability – and in doing so, committed the Federal government to lead by example, practice what we preach and help build a clean energy economy through how we operate.
To harness the collective wisdom of the more than 1.8 million civilian employees and our men and women in uniform, we’re launching the GreenGov Challenge, an online participatory way for Federal employees to suggest clean energy ideas and vote on others.
Some of the top ideas will be presented to the Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability – a group comprised of a senior official from each agency who is responsible for delivering among other things, each agency’s sustainability plan.
Though anyone can see your ideas, only Federal employees can participate – so this is your chance to positively impact how your agency will meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.
Be part of the GreenGov Challenge and help green our government!
The GreenGov challenge runs from Oct. 19th — 31st
Athens Coca-Cola is proud to support The Electronics, Batteries, and Shoe Recycling Day in partnership with the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division. Items will be accepted on Friday, October 2, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Athens Coca-Cola Sales Center on 650 Athena Drive, Athens 30601. For more information, view their event flier.
The UGA community is seeking cooperation to manage game day trash.
"If you bring it in, please take it out." That’s the mantra the University of Georgia is asking its football fans to adopt in an effort to control the amount of trash littering campus on a football Saturday. And if they can’t take it out, at least bag it and place it in a trash receptacle or dumpster.
Along with the Game Day recycling program headed by the students of the UGA Ecology Club, sponsored by Physical Plant, The University plans to distribute 12,000 trash bags in parking lots and around campus this Saturday before the Georgia Bulldogs play host to the Arizona State Sun Devils in a 7 p.m. kickoff. Volunteers from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will walk through tailgating areas distributing trash bags and encouraging tailgaters to bag their trash and deposit it in an appropriate receptacle.
UGA Physical Plant is hosting its first annual ISSA CIMS Certification Expert (I.C.E.) Workshop on November 10!
Administrators participating in this training session will be able to help their institutions:
• Understand and achieve CIMS certification requirements
• Identify ways to reduce custodial operation costs
• Design more efficient business processes to manage overall operations, materials, and supply inventories
• Analyze labor and production to better meet restrictive budgetary constraints
• Participants in the workshop will receive I.C.E. certification through ISSA
View the I.C.E. Workshop flier here
For more information, visit the ISSA website. Or, click here to register.
09.08.2009 - Interested in the latest that UGA Physical Plant is doing to Go Green? Check out our Sustainability Update powerpoint.
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The Physical Plant Division is very pleased to announce that the Services Department Warehouse has established several state agency contracts for green products! Please check the link below for a list of green products stocked in the Warehouse. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Warehouse manager, Al Jeffers, or Margaret Alliston. View the list of green products currently stocked in the warehouse (updated July, 2009) |
Click on the buildings to read more about their "Green Flip!"
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Help UGA Conserve! |
Latest news
green products currently stocked in the warehouse (July, 2009)
02/25/09 - PPD Sustainability Update (.pdf)
Water Saving Tips from UGA!
Grab the New Go Green Poster to show your support!
1. Aluminum
2. PET Plastic Bottles
3. Newspaper
4. Corrugated Cardboard
5. Steel Cans
6. HDPE Plastic Bottles
7. Glass Containers
8. Magazines
9. Mixed Paper
10. Computers
To view the rest of the list, check out NRC-Recycle.org.
1. It's good for our economy.
2. Recycling creates jobs.
3. To reduce waste.
4. It's good for the environment.
5. Recycling saves energy.
To view the rest of the list, check out NRC-Recycle.org.
1. Replace petroleum based in with soy-based ink.
2. Eliminate vending machine waste.
3.Cut down on office transportation.
To read the rest of the list & get more information on greening your office, visit Earth911.
