Undecided what to do together with your eclipse glasses? Plum and Mars will take them
Up to date: 5:54 PM EDT Apr 9, 2024
6 A.M. WEEKDAYS THROUGH APRIL 19TH. ONE OF OUR BOROUGHS HAS COME UP WITH A UNIQUE WAY FOR YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES TO GET SOME, LET’S SAY, NEW LIFE. YES, PLUM BOROUGH HAS A DROP OFF BOX WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DONATE YOUR GLASSES FROM YESTERDAY TO A GROUP CALLED ASTRONOMERS WITHOUT BORDERS. THAT ORGANIZATION WILL BE HANDING THEM OUT TO EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZERS OF VARIOUS PUBLIC VIEWING EVENTS. IT’S SOMETHING THE BOROUGH MANAGER SAYS ALIGNS WITH THE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THINGS OUT OF THE LANDFILL, UH, WE’RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN AND, UM, YESTERDAY, OUR RECYCLING COMMITTEE, SOMEONE IN OUR COMMITTEE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE OTHER GROUPS COLLECTING THESE GLASSES, AND WE PUT THE WORD OUT THAT WE WOULD TRY AND DO OUR FAIR SHARE TO TO COLLECT THESE THINGS AND PASS THEM ON TO, UH, SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM. BOROUGH SAYS THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET MOVING ON THIS INITIATIVE. SO THEY ASK IF YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR GLASSES IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THEY WILL SEND THEM OFF. THE COLLECTION BOX IS RIGHT THERE IN THE LOBBY OF THE PL
Undecided what to do together with your eclipse glasses? Plum and Mars will take them
Up to date: 5:54 PM EDT Apr 9, 2024
Now that the photo voltaic eclipse is over, what can we do with these glasses? Plum Borough is encouraging folks to donate them to be reused. You may drop glasses off within the assortment field within the foyer of the Plum Municipal Complicated. The Plum Recycling Committee will ship them to a set website, which can donate them to Astronomers With out Borders. They will then go to educators and organizers of public viewing occasions.Additionally, Mars Space College District stated glasses could also be dropped off at faculties or the administration workplace from April 10 via April 19.”All collections shall be despatched to Eclipse Glasses USA to be redistributed to kids in Latin America previous to the October 2024 Annular Eclipse,” the college district stated.Based on the American Astronomical Society, fashionable eclipse glasses do not expire. So long as your glasses have been compliant with the ISO 12312-2 specs and the lenses have not been broken, they can be utilized for a later eclipse.
Now that the photo voltaic eclipse is over, what can we do with these glasses?
Plum Borough is encouraging folks to donate them to be reused.
You may drop glasses off within the assortment field within the foyer of the Plum Municipal Complicated.
The Plum Recycling Committee will ship them to a set website, which can donate them to Astronomers With out Borders. They will then go to educators and organizers of public viewing occasions.
Additionally, Mars Space College District stated glasses could also be dropped off at faculties or the administration workplace from April 10 via April 19.
“All collections shall be despatched to Eclipse Glasses USA to be redistributed to kids in Latin America previous to the October 2024 Annular Eclipse,” the college district stated.
Based on the American Astronomical Society, fashionable eclipse glasses do not expire. So long as your glasses have been compliant with the ISO 12312-2 specs and the lenses have not been broken, they can be utilized for a later eclipse.
