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Improving recycling and reducing waste

Improving recycling and reducing waste. At Crescent Valley High School By Ichigo Takikawa, Melar Chen, and Zoe Johnson. Green School Mission. Premiere Green School certification Improving recycling habits among students and staff Reflect the Oregon Green School ’ s mission to

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Improving recycling and reducing waste

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  1. Improving recycling and reducing waste At Crescent Valley High School By Ichigo Takikawa, Melar Chen, and Zoe Johnson

  2. Green School Mission • Premiere Green School certification • Improving recycling habits among students and staff • Reflect the Oregon Green School’s mission to “set up and maintain effective, permanent waste reduction and resource efficiency programs that improve school environments and communities”

  3. Reducing Waste Trash audits

  4. Trash Audits December 2010 • Total of 31.09 lbs of trash • 32.2%, or about 10 lbs of the trash included recyclable materials. • 20% of the trash fell under the mixed paper and cardboard category

  5. Improving Recycling presentations

  6. Trash Audits May 2011 • Total of 44.24 lbs of trash • 25.3%, or about 11.2 lbs of the trash included recyclable materials. • 6% of the trash fell under the mixed paper and cardboard category

  7. Trash Audit Results In the first trash audit, 32% of the trash consisted of recyclable items. 20%, of the trash fell under the mixed paper and cardboard category. In the second trash audit, the percent of recyclable items in the trash decreased 6.8%, to 25.2%, with mixed paper and cardboard only making up 6% of the trash.

  8. SUSTAINABILITY

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