Student Government is giving used chip bags a “second life” by partnering with TerraCycle and Frito-Lay to recycle the bags as part of a drive to make the University more sustainable.SG Director of Sustainability Cas Smith distributed nine bins around campus on Monday to    collect students’ used chip bags. Four bins are located near the Tiger Lair on the second floor of the Student Union. One bin is located in the Live Oak Lounge. One was placed in the MiniMart, and the other three bins are located at the 459 Commons, the Subway in Foster Hall and Pierre’s Landing. The drive kicked off Friday at Fall Fest and Smith estimated more than 2,000 bags were collected at the event.The bags are mailed to Terracycle recycling company to be reused after being collected on campus.”The bags … are given a second life cycle by workers that craft chip bag materials into other products … like backpacks or pencil holders,” Smith said. Frito-Lay will donate 2 cents to a charity for every Frito-Lay chip bag collected.Smith said the money collected will go to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. The University will participate in this drive indefinitely along with other schools and organizations.”The biggest way [this contributes to sustainability] would be it make students think about their impact on their surroundings, and hopefully people will become more aware of how they are affecting their environment,” Smith said.Smith said the drive’s ultimate goal is to decrease the tons of material the University wastes on a daily basis.—-Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at [email protected]