The Star Trek production company has been making its own efforts 
toward recycling the resources of planet Earth. Bins have been placed in the 
production offices as well as on the soundstages for the recycling of 
aluminum, paper, glass, and plastics, an effort spearheaded by Star Trek 
craft services person John Nesterowicz. (Particularly good use is made of 
our paper recycling bins, as a television company goes through a lot of paper 
to do its work.) The use of ozone-threatening, nondegradable plastic foam 
coffee cups has been abolished on our shooting stages, as well. During the 
filming of the movie Star Trek VI, director Nick Meyer ordered recycling bins 
placed on those stages, as well. Star Trek and Paramount Pictures have also 
embarked upon a major effort to reduce the creation of air pollutants by 
eliminating the use of certain types of spray lacquers for set painting and 
some types of special effects smoke and fog machines. Other 
environmentally conscious efforts offered by the studio include programs to 
encourage employee carpooling and company-sponsored discount bus 
passes. Some of these measures are quite costly in terms of finding 
acceptable substitutes, but all agree that the goal of protecting our 
environment is worth it.  Æ