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Starting a School Recycling Program

Starting a School Recycling Program. Brandi J. Sampson PUBH-8165-1 April 25, 2010 Dr. Rebecca Heick. Learning Objectives. Students will: Become aware of the importance of recycling. Identify the products that may be recycled. Learn ways to incorporate recycling in school and home life.

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Starting a School Recycling Program

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  1. Starting a School Recycling Program Brandi J. Sampson PUBH-8165-1 April 25, 2010 Dr. Rebecca Heick

  2. Learning Objectives Students will: • Become aware of the importance of recycling. • Identify the products that may be recycled. • Learn ways to incorporate recycling in school and home life.

  3. Recycling • Recycling is the process of taking a product at the end of its useful life and using all or part of it to make another product San Mateo County RecycleWorks. (2010). Setting up a school recycling and waste reduction program. Retrieved on April 15, 2010 from http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/table3.pdf

  4. Scottsdale Community College. (2008). How does recycling work?. Retrieved April 21, 2010 from http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/green/how_does_recycling_work.html.

  5. Why Recycle? Recycling: • Protects the environment • Helps conserve limited resources • Promotes energy efficiency • Strengthens the economy • Saves landfill space National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences. (2010). Reduce, reuse, and recycle. NIEHS Kids Page. Retrieved on April 14, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm. Cherif, A.H. (1995). Toward a rationale for recycling in schools. Journal of Environmental Education, 26(4).

  6. Each year, every American is responsible for three quarters of a ton of waste. • Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours • To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down. Oberlin College. (2008). Recycling facts. Retrieved on April 20, 2010 from http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html.

  7. Americans use 250,000 plastic bottles every hour • An estimated 80,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using enough aluminum foil to cover 40 football fields Oberlin College. (2008). Recycling facts. Retrieved on April 20, 2010 from http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html.

  8. Things to Recycle • Acid Batteries • Aluminum Cans • Building Materials • Cardboard • Chemicals • Electronic equipment • Glass (particularly bottles and jars) • Lead • Magazines • Metal • Newspaper • Oil • Paint • Paper • Plastic Bags • Plastic Bottles • Steel Cans • Tires • White Goods (Appliances) • Wood • Writing/Copy Paper • Yard Waste • Ink Cartridges National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences. (2010). Reduce, reuse, and recycle. NIEHS Kids Page. Retrieved on April 14, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm.

  9. Recycling at School

  10. Starting a School Recycling Program • Obtain support of school/district administration • Develop team to coordinate recycling services. Team should include students, teachers, parents, custodial staff and administration. • Conduct a waste audit- http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/table3.pdf San Mateo County RecycleWorks. (2010). Setting up a school recycling and waste reduction program. Retrieved on April 15, 2010 from http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/table3.pdf.

  11. Starting a School Recycling Program • Develop goals and objectives of program • Begin planning. (choose containers, create signs, location of containers, pickup/drop off) • Begin recycling. San Mateo County RecycleWorks. (2010). Setting up a school recycling and waste reduction program. Retrieved on April 15, 2010 from http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/table3.pdf.

  12. Helpful Ideas • Field trip • Presenters • Recycling contest • Project mascot • Community outreach • Media coverage

  13. References: Cherif, A.H. (1995). Toward a rationale for recycling in schools. Journal of Environmental Education, 26(4). Green Recycling Powerpoint. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/green-recycling-powerpoint/. National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences. (2010). Reduce, reuse, and recycle. NIEHS Kids Page. Retrieved on April 14, 2010 from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm. Oberlin College. (2008). Recycling facts. Retrieved on April 20, 2010 from http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html .

  14. References: San Mateo County RecycleWorks. (2010). Setting up a school recycling and waste reduction program. Retrieved on April 15, 2010 from http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/table3.pdf. Scottsdale Community College. (2008). How does recycling work?. Retrieved April 21, 2010 from http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/green/how_does_recycling_work.html

  15. Books on Recycling Bob's Recycling Day (Bob the Builder Vinyl Sticker) by Annie Auerbach Earth Book for Kids by Linda Schwartz Recycle! by Gail Gibbons Garbage and Recycling by Rosie Harlow Projects for a Healthy Planet: Simple Environmental Experiments for Kids by Shar Levine The Bernstein Bears Don’t Pollute by Stan Bernstein, Jan Bernstein Clifford’s Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell

  16. Brandi J. Sampson brandi.sampson@waldenu.edu

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