Recycle Program to help save the coral reefs
Here is one great ecologically beneficial way the community can make a difference!
Send us your used printer cartridges!
CORL-AS has already partnered with a recycling company and is using the funds received from returned, spent cartridges that the recycler provides towards reef conservation and environmental education and awareness in American Samoa.
The response from the public and government in this recycling project has been so well received that we have decided to start the same program in the mainland US as a way to help raise funds for supplies for Ferdinand Cruz, CORL’s associate in the Philippines, who is conducting net training and provide funding for CORL-USA projects.
You can select one of three options relating to where you would like the funds generated from their cartridge(s) to be applied
1) CORL-PI: all funds will currently go for net training and supplies in the Philippines.
2) CORL-American Samoa
3) CORL-USA
Here's some more information on the technical details of the cartridge recycle program:
1. Shipping is paid for.
2. It is possible to combine donations to send 10 or more cartridges at a time (saves on shipping and energy use).
3. Collection boxes are available for groups or club participation.
4. Pre-addressed packaging with Bar Code will be supplied.
5. A download with the project barcode will be available soon for instant sending/routing to where you wish to apply the donation.
A link to the various types of cartridges suitable for recycling can be found here.
Messages and questions concerning this recycling program, along with supply request should be sent to:
recycle@corl.org or
vitz@corl.org
More information regarding CORL
The Coalition of Reef Lover’s (CORL) was formed to give the reef aquarist (or any one who cares about the world’s coral reefs) a way to directly contribute to the protection and sustainable use of the world’s coral reefs. CORL understands that because of the current rapid degradation of the world’s coral reefs (some predictions show 90% of the world’s coral reefs destroyed within 30 years), we all must play a proactive role in their protection.
CORL’s main goal is to preserve, protect and restore the world’s coral reefs by: 1) promoting ornamental marine aquaculture (both in situ and in vitro) 2) promoting in situ aquaculture as a means of ecologically friendly and sustainable income for developing countries and as a way to supplement coral reef restoration cost 3) encouraging both ecologically friendly collecting methods and proper holding facilities 4) educating the marine and reef hobbyist on ways to lessen the impact of the hobby on the world’s coral reefs 5) educating the coral collectors on methods to lessen their impact on their coral reefs 6) educating the Small Island and Developing Nations on ways to lessen their influence and improve environmental awareness. 7) Working with other organizations to pull together and work toward overcoming the many problems associated with the world’s coral reefs.
CORL-AS is currently involved in: Village coastal resources management and development, coral reef restoration, aquaculture projects, and educational outreach programs in American Samoa.
CORL-USA (is now reopened) focusing primarily on: Education programs for hobbyists and the general public on reef conservation issues, informational resources such as DVD’s and videos on marine aquarium keeping and our Ornamental Marine Species Data Sheets (OMSDS). CORL -USA is also setting up for the production of classroom presentations and development of audio/visual materials, for use in the United States and other impacted countries. It is the intent of CORL to start an aquaculture and holding facility for responsibly collected and cultured marine ornamental organisms in the USA within a few years.
More general info on CORL can be obtained here:
http://www.corl.org/main.html
Thank you all in advance, and we hope you will take advantage of the unique opportunity to help w/reef conservation, via environmentally responsible recycling, as well
Mike R King, Director, CORL
Alan J. Lavitsky, Assistant Director, CORL-USA
As always direct donations can be made through Pay Pal at
mike@corl.org or sent to:
The Coalition of Reef Lovers
2124 Plainfield Ave. N.E.
Grand Rapids MI 49505
If you would like to make donation to any particular project just note the CORL branch and project in the memo on the check or with an attached note if using pay pal.
Please feel free to pm me, as well, with any questions you may have.
Our website should also be updated shortly, and should have our latest newsletter up on it soon
I'd also like to thank RC for giving us the opportunity to announce this project to the reefkeeping community
Sincerely,
Alan Lavitsky
Assistant director
CORL-USA