recycling, reusing and waste reduction protecting our resources for future generations
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Recycling, Reusing and Waste Reduction
Protecting Our Resources for Future Generations
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What’s In the Landfill?
Paper 40.4% 71.6 MT
MT=Million Tons
Yard Trimmings 17.6% 31.6 MT
Metals 8.5% 15.3 MT Glass
7% 12.5 MT
Plastics 8% 14.4 MT
Other -Rubber,
Leather, Textiles, etc 11.6% 20.8 MT
Food Scraps 7.4% 13.2 MT
Image Courtesy of US EPA
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How Long Does That Trash Really Stay There?
• 700 Years: Plastic Bottle • 1 Million Years: A glass bottle • FOREVER: Styrofoam
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EPA
• Stands for the “Environmental Protection Agency.”
• Mission is “to protect human health and the environment.”
• Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 10 regional offices located around the country.
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Mississippi Recycling Coalition
• MRC was established in 1997.
• Educates the public about recycling.
• Works with the government to help shape solid waste management policies.
• Collect recycled materials.
• Oxford Recycling:
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This Decade In the US We Will Throw Away…
• 1 million tons of aluminum cans and foil
• More than 11 million tons of glass bottles and jars
• Over 4.5 million tons of office paper
• Nearly 10 million tons of newspaper
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Why Recycle?It’s Good for the Environment!
• Recycled glass generates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution
• Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours 1
• Annually, enough energy is saved by recycling US steel to supply Los Angeles with electricity for almost 10 years 2
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Recycling Begins With You
• If everyone in the U.S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save the estimated equivalent of about 25 million trees a year
• Recycling all of the waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and metal in one home can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 pounds a year
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Recycling Begins With You-How to Do It Correctly
Lids + Liquid = Unfit for RecyclingWhen In Doubt, Leave It Out
Photos Courtesy of P. Hayes
NO pizza boxes, napkins, or anything with permanent food residue
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Recycle empty printer, fax, and copier cartridges, as well as cell phones.
Raise money for a school fundraiser or towards your favorite charity.
http://www.collectcartridgesforcash.com/http://www.tonerbuyer.com/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/recycle/toner.htm
Half a gallon of oil is conserved for every laser cartridge returned!
Recycle Those Odds and Ends for Money!
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Why Purchase Recycled Content Paper?• 1 tree makes 16.67 reams of copy
paper or 8,333.3 sheets, therefore 1 ream (500 sheets) uses 6% of a tree (and those add up quickly!)2
• Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil 2
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What You Will Need To Compost• Compost bin that allows aeration, but
prevents waterlogged conditions and deters pests
Photo courtesy of Mansfield Middle School, Connecticut
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• Leaves and Wood Chips to place over each food addition
• A collection barrel• Tools • Schoolwide
participation from custodians, teachers and students
What You Will Need To Compost
Photo courtesy of Mansfield Middle School, Connecticut
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Questions?
Photo Courtesy of Satish Hanumantha Rao