Donate your old water bottles

Now that the Canadian government has announced its plan to restrict the use of bisphenol-a, or BPA, a chemical used to make hardened plastics, you’re probably wondering what to do with your plastic bottles. UVic’s Naomi Rittberg (UVic Students’ Society) is collecting bottles to house used needles. She has set up collection boxes in the SUB to gather Nalgene brand bottles, disposable water bottles and juice bottles. Since April, Rittberg has donated more than 80 bottles to AIDS Vancouver Island’s used needle collection program. Info: www.avi.org/node/2090.