The MTA announced yesterday that five million green MetroCards will be issued starting on Earth Day, April 22. The limited edition cards will have a list of environmental facts on the back and will be dolled out via MTA vending machines. Ironically, the MetroCards themselves won’t be recyclable, though the MTA did admit at a news conference Monday morning at Grand Central Station that it may be time to move to a more earth-friendly material for the cards. The green MetroCards are meant to draw attention to the MTA’s new sustainability initiatives, which are the result of recommendations from a panel on renewable energy.
April 14th, 2008 | Meredith Taylor | 0 comments | Continued