Group Meeting #4

We met at 12pm on March 5 in a group meeting room in the library. Everyone was in attendance. It was a good maintenance meeting.

1. Angie got information on how much Sodexo spends on paper products each year. Per year, they spend $2500 on paper products for Peregrine Perks alone. They spend an additional $1500 on paper products for coffee in the C-Store. 
2. Chelsea is trying to chase down the number of hot drinks they sell in the C-Store on an average weekday. If she can't find it, she might try Angie's helpful resource. Mike Vanslo is who Angie contacted.
3. Angie and Chelsea have pictures of empty coffee cups in the garbages around campus.
4. We discussed our short presentation. Anne will be putting together the power point. 

• Explanation of the problem: People receive these cups and they do not break them down to recycle parts of them so the whole paper cup and the lid and the hand warmer part all end up in the garbage when parts could be recycled. They take up landfill space. 
• Why it's a concern: There is not an unlimited amount of landfill space and these cups are occupying part of it when it could be prevented. The society should be worried about the environmental cost.

Angie is going to try and get the breakdown of how much Sodexo is spending on the individual pieces of the cup. (lid, cup, hand warmer part). David is going to find out where the nearest landfill is. Chelsea is going to find out more information on coffee in the C-store. Rachelle is going to help Anne with the power point. Angie and Chelsea are going send Anne the pictures. All of this should be done for our next meeting on March 12 at noon in the library, with the exception of the power point of course. :)