2. Implementation and Maintenance of a School Recycling Program Seminole Middle School

3. FACT Americans make more than 200 million tons of garbage each year, enough to fill Bush stadium from top to bottom twice a day.

4. Selection of Topic The club decided that we wanted to improve our community through recycling, within the school. We discussed how we could improve our school grounds Several items for recycling that we discussed were: –Aluminum cans –Newspaper –White paper –Plastic –Glass Final Decision

5. Our Mission Our mission is to begin a recycling program at our school and then bring what we learned home. This will be a first step to improving our community.

6. FACT It takes a 15 year old tree to produce 700 grocery bags.

7. Purchased Recycling bins Obtained information on recycle pickup schedule from county Implementation of Recycling Program

8. Develop contest and incentives for students and teachers Introduce Recycling program to students through morning announcements

9. Implementation of Recycling Program Spray painted recycling symbol onto bins

10. FACT Disposable diapers last centuries in landfills. An average baby will go through 8,000 of them!

11. Implementation of Recycling Program Distribute bins to all classrooms and necessary areas

12. Implementation of Recycling Program Formed groups to cover all areas of the school Team 2 RoomWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4 178 179 202 205 207 209 (Weight in lbs.)

13. Seminole’s Recycling Data Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4 979 lbs. 1,027 lbs. 534 lbs. 1,364 lbs. 3,924 LBS.

14. Getting Involved Ecology Kids Corporation Kid Care Presentation –Who are they? –Lesson on recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink

15. Earth Day Cleanup Earth Day – April 22 nd was celebrated by all science classes taking an active role in helping to clean and beautify our school campus. 200 large garbage bags were collected, leaves were raked and flowers were planted. All students had a good time and our campus looked great!

16. Increasing Our Knowledge Field Trip to Recycling Plant

17. FACT 75,000 trees must be cut to provide paper for 1 edition of the Sunday New York times.

18. Future Goals For everyone to recycle on a regular basis, not only at school but at home and within their community Keep school looking clean and new Help the environment Educate family and friends Our goal for next year is to recycle additional materials

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