MCC COMPLETES ECO CHALLENGE 2014
Madisonville Community College employees and students participated in the NW Earth Institute s EcoChallenge during October 15-29 to inspire and challenge everyone to change one habit for the planet. Sponsored by the college s Sustainability Committee, the EcoChallenge project was in partnership with West Broadway Elementary School (WBES) to collect plastic bottle caps and lids towards the school s goal of a bench made from recycled/repurposed plastic. Greentree Plastics in Evansville, Indiana, will manufacture the bench once 400 pounds of plastic caps and lids have been collected.On November 12, MCC Sustainability Committee representatives Brittney Hernandez-Stevenson, Paula Lange, and Tim Stutler were proud to add 76 pounds to the collection bringing the school s current total to approximately 170 pounds. Collection of plastic bottle caps and lids will continue at MCC and WBES through the end of the school year.