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Recycling

Erikka Hallback

PUBH-6165-4 Environmental Health

Instructor: Stephen Arnold

Learning Outcomes

Identify and appraise the factors that influence the viability of different waste management strategies for schools.

Know the benefits of recycling. Understand which programs will be helpful for your organization.

What is recycling?

Turns used materials into new products. Waste management Prevent waste useful materials.

Reduce the consumption raw materials. Reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution, water pollution, and lowers

greenhouse gas emissions.

Recyclables

Recyclables include: Glass Paper Metal Plastic Textiles Electronics.

Fun Facts *In 1988 we used 2 billion pounds of HDPE just to make bottles for household

products. That’s about the weight of 90,000 Honda Civics.*If only 100,000 people stopped their junk, mail, we could save up to 150,000 trees annually. If a million people did this, we could save up to a million and a half trees.

*The junk mail Americans receive in one day could produce enough energy to heat 250,000 homes.

*The average American still spends 8 full months of his/her life opening junk mail.

In a lifetime, the average American will throw away 600 times his/her adult weight in garbage. If you add it up, this means that a 150-lb. adult will leave a legacy of 90,000 lbs of trash for his/her children.

*$1 out of every $11 Americans spend for food goes for packaging.*Americans dump the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year.

Public Schools

Schools can recycle too. “Over 600 tons of office/classroom paper, cardboard, magazines,

newspaper, aluminum, steel, plastic and glass are now recycled from the schools annually. This compares to 14.7 tons recycled in 1988 - a 4100% increase. As the collections have expanded, many schools have been able to cut their trash service by one third, providing substantial savings to both districts” (eco-cycle, 2008).

Eco-Cycle (2008). Boulder/Broomfield County School Recycling and Environmental Educational Program. Retrieved July 19, 2009 from http://www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm.

Tips for Durham Public Schools

“Using age-specific group discussions, activities, field trips, slide shows, crafts and

games, our educational presentations help students understand the relationship between solid waste issues and many other

environmental problems such as pollution, resource depletion and deforestation” (eco-cycle, 2008).


Projects for Schools, YMCA, & Boys & Girls Club

Kids Conference for the Earth Rainforest and Recycling Fundraiser America's Forest, Our Own Backyard Green Star Kids Project Waste Wise Conference Waste-Free Lunch Contest Locker Leftovers Project Sneakers for Schools Contest

Recycling in the Workplace

“In workplaces across America, nearly 15.7 million tons of printing-writing papers were recovered in 2006, up from more than 10 million tons in 1995. Still, less than half of all office papers are recycled” (Earth911, 2009).

Earth911. (2009). Paper Recycling at Work. Retrieved July 19, 2009 from http://earth911.com/paper/paper- recycling-at work/.

Workplace and Recycling

Assess the discards Target materials for recycling Talk to your recycler Engage and coach employees Get management support Measure and share results


The End

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Implement programs. Encourage others. www.recyclespot.org/business_tips.asp www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidsPage/ www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/story/5087762/

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