1. reduce trash 2. reuse trash 3. if those aren’t possible, recycle!

PHOTO: COCC Trash day, October 2011

1. REDUCE TRASH2. REUSE TRASH

3. IF THOSE AREN’T POSSIBLE, RECYCLE!

Americans throw away 2.5 mil l ion plastic bottles every hour.

Every three months, Americans throw enough aluminum in the landfills to build our nation’s entire commercial air fleet.

It requires 95% less energy and water to recycle a can than it does to create a can from never-used materials.

Making paper from recycled paper reduces the related contribution to air pol lution by 95%.

Recycling a stack of newspaper 3 feet high saves one tree.

SAVE MONEY—less money spent on hauling trash means cool things for schools!!!

Source: http://www.recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-fact.html

WHY RECYCLE?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THESE BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED? THESE ARE

LIDS.

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THEY CAN BE UP-CYCLED INTO COOL PRODUCTS--IT’S A LUNCH

BAG!

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED? IT’S WAX

PAPER.

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN:CAN THIS BE RECYCLED?

PLEASE FIND THESE CONTAINERS AND FILL THEM WITH

RECYCLABLES!

RE-USABLE CONTAINERS FOR LUNCH AND BEVERAGES ARE SUPER! CAN YOU

HAVE A WASTE-FREE LUNCH?

WATER BOTTLES CAN BE FILLED HERE!

Ever wonder how recycling works? View a video that follows paper, aluminum, steel, plastic and glass through the recycling process - from your recycling bin to a material recovery center and then into new products.

Saving Little Pieces of Our Earth video on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nZXyjrBraY

WHERE DO THE RECYCLED ITEMS GO?

America Recycles day is Tuesday, November 15,

2011!

THANKS EVERYONE!