CR and AM

CR and AM are working on a projecct called Clash of the Recyclables. It’s a project between the 4th and 5th graders to encourage recycling. It will be 1 week long. Everyday we will weigh each grades bags, and whoever has the most recyclables at the end of the week wins a prize!

By TH

5 things you need to know

1. Most of the things that we throw away end up on landfill sites, landfill can emit high levels of carbon dioxide and methane, neither of which are good for our atmosphere.
2. Despite the fact that glass is totally recyclable, only 15 per cent of the glass we throw away is recycled.
3. Every Sunday, 90 per cent of all newspapers are thrown away, which is the equivalent of putting 500,000 trees in a landfill site.
4. Waste food can also be recycled simply and safely at home if you make your own compost, which can provide any flowers or plants you may have with a nice eco-friendly fertiliser.
5. A good place to start if you are interested in finding out about recycling in your area is to go to your local council’s web site.

BY TH. He got this from http://www.need2know.co.uk/environment/recycling

TH

I am posting info on our site about what each person is doing, and recycling facts that try to get people to recycle more.

By TH

EH and DIM

EH and DIM are working on signs to hang up around the school. The signs say, this is one of the many things you can do with recycled material. Maybe that will get people to recycle more. The signs are made up of 100% recycled material to show you what you can do with recycled things.

By TH 

With Your Help

With your help recycling, we can make our world a better place in an instance. And if we recycle enough we won’t have to cut down many trees. We may be able to even stop global warming. It’s your chioce. Make a good decision.

by TH

TRASH / LANDFILLS

* Although 75% of our trash can be recycled, the EPA set a national goal of 25% for 1992.

* The first real recycling program was introduced in New York City in the 1890s. The city’s first recycling plant was built in 1898.

* By 1924, 83% of American cities were separating some trash items to be reused.

* About one-third of an average dump is made up of packaging material!

* Every year, each American throws out about 1,200 pounds of organic garbage that can be composted.

* New Jersey has the highest recycling rate of all the states–56%!

* The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world’s people generate 40% of the world’s waste.

* This chart shows the composition of an average garbage dump. Notice how much of it is recyclable!! 

By TH EH and DIM we got this info from http://members.aol.com/ramola15/funfacts.html

PLASTIC / STYROFOAM

* Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!

* Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year!

* Americans throw away 25,000,000 plastic beverage bottles every hour!

* Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as buring it in an incinerator.

* American throw away 25,000,000,000 styrofoam coffee cups every year. 

By TH EH and DIM We got this information from http://members.aol.com/ramola15/funfacts.html

Recycling IQ Game

http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/util/RecyclingIQ/recyclingiqgame.swf

This is a recycling IQ game. It is sweet!

CR

Recycling Games and Fun

http://www.durham.gov.uk/kids/usp.nsf/pws/DCC+Kids+-+Games+-+Recycle+Fun

http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/nav/page570.aspx#

http://www.resourcefulschools.org/click_learn.html

Here are some really fun games that promote recycling!!

 EH, TH, and CR

Light Bulbs

*Every year Americans buy over a billion incandescent lightbulbs. That’s three acres of bulbs every day.
*A 60-watt incandescent bulb lasts about 750 hours; a fluorescent bulb with 1/3 the wattage will generate the same light and burn for 7,500 to 10,000 hours in five to ten years of normal use.
*Substituting a compact fluorescent light for a traditional bulb will keep a half-ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere over the life of the bulb.
By TH and EH. We got this from: http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html#top