Green Up Our Schools!
National Elementary School Waste Reduction & Recycling Program
Change your school, change the world!
Harbor View’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: 191 lbs.58 lbs. of classroom trash133 lbs. of lunch/kitchen 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:Harbor View learned that 63% of their classroom trash is actually recyclable -- that’s equal to 180 pounds a week!
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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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