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Downcycling Soft Plastic with the Terracycle Squad 1 April 12, 2018 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTERPark Slope FoodOF Coop,THE Brooklyn,PARK SLOPE NY FOOD COOP Established 1973 Volume MM, Number 7 April 12, 2018 March General Meeting: Brooklyn Gets a Basque- Inspired Cider House By Rene Brinkley Downcycling Soft Plastic or 25 years Peter Yi was in love. It was a love that took him around Fthe world to some of the most beautiful and romantic places on earth. He sipped wine overlooking the castles of Bordeaux. He with the TerraCycle Squad dined among the hills of Tuscany. He walked along the valleys in Rioja, Spain. And he did all of By Karen Gardner others began to grumble as questions about what would this as part of his day job! Yi he Park Slope Food Coop time went on. be needed to expand this pro- worked in the wine industry for a TMarch General Meeting Coop members drop off gram for member convenience; quarter of a century and found- largely focused on the Coop’s materials to be recycled if the recycling was a source ed P.J. Wine shop in Manhattan. relationship to the recycling through TerraCycle on the sec- of pollution itself; what Ter- Yi explains, “My job was to go (technically downcycling) ond Wednesday and fourth raCycle makes from the recy- and try wine from all the major company TerraCycle. In the Saturday of every month. The cled materials; and if there is wine regions, judge it, and make agenda portion of the meet- TerraCycle squad accepts and any way to make this process a decision whether to carry the ing, the TerraCycle squad sorts plastic bags, wrapping, cheaper. General Coordina- wine or not. I loved it! I couldn’t leader, Sarah Chandler, pre- and packaging from most tor Joe Holtz recommended wait to wake up and sink my sented the TerraCycle Squad products sold at the Coop, amending the proposal to a teeth into fermented grapes.” Yi Budget Renewal Proposal: thin plastic wrap, plastic roll $12,000 budget instead of a described his job as the “most In the second year the bud- bags, toothpaste tubes, baby- $10,000 budget, so that the plush job on earth.” But roughly get was $6,000 (plus another food pouches and caps, ener- TerraCycle squad had enough six years ago while traveling in $1,500 contingency if need- gy-bar wrappers, Brita filters, to sustain the year, saving the Basque region of Spain on ed), and this year (the third- and cereal and cracker bags. Chandler a trip back to the business, Yi discovered a new year of collection) the squad These materials are packed General Meeting podium love. This love was fresh, excit- requested $10,000. tightly into boxes provided by later this year. ing, scary, and demanding. Yi Sarah was a vision in plas- TerraCycle, and sent back to was intrigued and decided to tic. She had adorned herself TerraCycle to recycle into prod- The Park Slope Food Coop take the leap. After 25 years in ILLUSTRATION BY CATY BARTHOLOMEW in the soft plastic packages ucts such as tote bags, flower the wine industry, he walked that TerraCycle recycles for pots, and more. Like every March General Meeting away to focus on his new beverage of choice—hard cider. the occasion: a tempeh pack- waste disposal or recycling largely focused on the Coop’s age on her right thigh above system, this process costs relationship to the recycle The Cider Chase a grape bag hanging off her money. Each box costs around (technically downcycling) As love stories sometime go, this one started off with disinterest. knee, a green beans pack- $230, which includes the cost company TerraCycle. During his travels around the world, Yi had tried cider many times, age on her left thigh, frozen of the box itself, shipping the including in the Basque region. He initially didn’t find the drink spe- shelled edamame over her box back to TerraCycle, and cial, calling it a “subpar” alcoholic beverage to wine. A combination heart, and a frozen corn bag the recycling of the materials. He said that, while he was of factors helped win him over. “Cider is an acquired taste, kind of flapping from her right elbow. In the first year of TerraCycle’s excited to see what outfit like coffee, beer, or dry wine,” Yi explained. “You don’t really appreci- She wore a white bucket hat relationship with the Coop, Chandler came up with next, ate those things right off the bat, but after trying multiple times you with various pieces of plastic the TerraCycle squad had a she had already presented at CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 sticking out like many anten- budget of $5,000. This year a General Meeting once this nae, and a cookie bag hang- (the third year of partnership), year. Thinking fast, Chan- Next General Meeting on April 24 ing off the left side, partially the squad expects to spend dler agreed to this proposal. The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held covering her face. Chandler about $11,000. Alongside its Glenn Moller, a member of the on the last Tuesday of each month. The April General Meet- propelled herself through budget from the Coop, the Agenda Committee, proposed ing will be on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Francis a detailed and lengthy pre- squad accepts donations from a second amendment. Moller Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and sentation about the Coop’s members at TerraCycle drop- voiced concern not over the Seventh Aves. relations with TerraCycle. Her offs, which totaled around expense of working with Ter- The agenda is in this Gazette, on www.foodcoop.com and enthusiasm was selectively $275 this past year. raCycle, but over unanswered available as a flier in the entryway of the Coop. For more contagious—some members A lively discussion followed questions posed by other information about the GM and about Coop governance, applauded sporadically and Chandler’s presentation, with CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 please see the center of this issue. Fri, Apr 13 • Wordsprouts: IN THIS ISSUE National Poetry Month 7:00 p.m. Puzzle 2 Sat, Apr 21 • Food Drive to Benefit CHiPS Soup Kitchen New Yorkers Support Immigrants and Refugees 3 Coop & Sun, Apr 22 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Labor Committee Report 4 Thu, May 3 • Food Class: Mother’s Day Meals Honoring the Welcome, Coop Calendar 7 Event African Diaspora 7:30 p.m. Mission Statement, Governance Information 7 Calendar of Events 8 Highlights Fri, May 4 • Film Night: Letters to the Editor 10 Long Strange Trip 7:00 p.m. Exciting Workslot Opportunities 11 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Community Calendar, Classifieds 11 Candidates for Board of Directors, Thank You 12 Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2 April 12, 2018 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY March GM recently finished treatment for Greene Hill needs more cap- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cancer—an announcement that ital in order to move. Alex was met with warm applause. Kramer encouraged the mem- Sudoku members. He said that while The election begins at the end bers assembled to contrib- he trusts the squad to be of May—with the mailing of ute to the Greene Hill Food Sudoku is a puzzle. You are presented with a 9x9 grid of “good people doing good work proxy ballots—and will end at Coop’s Indiegogo campaign, squares, and that grid is divided into 3x3 zones. and hard work,” he would like the Annual Meeting in June. and General Coordinator Joe You solve the puzzle by filling the empty squares with to see further research. A one- The final agenda item was Holtz promised that any Park single-digit numbers so that every zone, column and row year contingency was thus an amendment to the Coop’s Slope Food Coop member Gazette Sudokuuses each of the numbers fromby Abdul1 to 9. Powell added to the proposal, ensur- pension plan submitted by who is an electrician would ing that the TerraCycle squad General Coordinators Lisa receive work credits in return 9 3 6 would return in a year to pres- Moore and Joe Holtz. The for assisting the Greene Hill ent on some of the questions amendment presented was Food Coop. asked before receiving the to change the pension plan Also in the Open Forum, a 1 4 9 next year’s funding. so that retiring Coop staff member brought up that the The chair commenced vot- could choose to receive a Coop’s fruit tastes wonderful 7 2 8 ing on the “new new proposal,” partial lump sum and month- but looks terrible—the exact and after some conversations ly distributions. Currently opposite, he said, from fruit at to clarify the amendments, the pension plan provides any other grocery store. Gener- 2 9 7 5 the proposal was passed with two options: a lump sum or al Coordinator Joseph Szladek overwhelming support. monthly distributions. The responded that other grocery 6 2 8 change proposed would stores often get rid of edible Other Agenda Items: allow a retiring staff member produce because of aesthetic 6 A Board of Directors to ask for a combination of blemishes. Szladek contin- Candidate and the Staff the lump sum and monthly ued, explaining that the com- Pension Plan check. Moore explained that bination of high volumes and 3 5 7 Other agenda items pre- this option would cost the stocking accomplished by vol- sented at the March General Coop no more than the cur- unteer members does contrib- 1 2 Meeting included a presen- rent options, and would not ute to some flaws in the culling tation of candidates for the result in a higher pension system at the Coop.
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