Green Up Our Schools!
National Elementary School Waste Reduction & Recycling Program
Change your school, change the world!
California’s Waste Assessment
Step 1 -- Weigh All the TrashUsing a simple bathroom scale, all the trash produced in one 24-hour period was weighed with the students’ help.
Total trash produced in one day: 253 lbs.63 lbs. of classroom trash190 lbs. of lunch/breakfast trash
Step 2 -- Sort it!
Using gloves, the students sorted a bag of classroom trash into two different categories:
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recyclables - paper, cardboard, cans, bottles, etc.
non-recyclables - plastic bags, paper towels, laminated paper, etc.
The Results:California learned that 58% of their classroom trash is actually recyclable -- that’s equal to 190 pounds a week!
Back to California’s Page
The Waste Assessment will be performed again at the end of the school year to track improvements. Hopefully there will be much less recyclable material in the trash by then!
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