Can & Bottle Drive (Originally Posted May 7, 2012)

As some of you may well know, Spintronix is holding their first annual can and bottle drive this year! Please bring your aluminum cans and plastic bottles (anything that is #1 plastic will do!) to any Spintronix function this summer.

What on earth are we going to do with all of these cans and bottles??? Well, as a non-profit organization we are also a member of Greenopolis.com, a Pepsi Co. partner that offers points for every can or bottle that we recycle through them. That being said, we have our eye on some technology for our rehearsal facility, namely a desktop computer to hold all of our records, documents, and official business that is currently being filed on paper, and a scanner/copier so we can scan documents, make copies, and print forms right at our facility!

So how many cans and bottles do we need??? Each can, bottle, and #1 plastic item we recycle is worth 5 points a piece. Our goal is going to cost us 444,500 points. O.O It's a lot I know, but we are already at 7% of that goal with 30,890 points!

Here is where we need the help of everyone in the Spintronix community...

1. Save all of your cans and plastic bottles. Any plastic with a 1 inside a recycling triangle will do, so check out your soap bottles, ketchup bottles, even strawberry boxes to see if they sport the 1.

2. Drop your cans and bottles off with Spintronix whenever we hold an event, or contact us to set up a drop-off time.

3. Follow us on Facebook for periodic updates on our points progress.

If you aren't local to us, you can deposit the cans and bottles to our account yourself!

1. Go to greenopolis.com

2. Find the "Kiosk locator" on the right hand side of the screen and enter your zip code.

3. Go to your local greenopolis kiosk with your cans and bottles.

4. Sign in, make sure you log in as a returning member WITHOUT a rewards card.

5. Type "spintronixguard" in as the username on the kiosk (no password required!)

6. Scan and deposit your cans and bottles! Your deposits will count toward our total points and get us that much closer to our goal!

Thank you for your support of our programs, and we can't wait to recycle your cans & bottles for you!

Look for this triangle with the #1 inside of it to see if your plastic is recyclable!