Quick Facts

• The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) will raise $200,000 per year for UCLA greening projects.
• Over the last 6 months, UCLA's purchases of copier paper with post-consumer product has increased from 26% to 80%
• New Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Modernization will reduce UCLA's carbon footprint by 17,000 tons/year
• UCLA Health System has eliminated all mercury-based instruments, which helps prevent mercury from getting into waterways, contaminating the food chain, and posing a threat to human health.
• UCLA has purchased recycling distillation equipment and is recycling alcohol from the clinical labs. In 2006, 2,424 gallons of alcohol were recycled.

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