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Registered: April 04, 2008
Posts: 28
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I've been thinking, schools are one of the greatest contributors to paper waste in America. So what if every school recycled? The impact would be amazing. So I have an idea - but I'm kinda stuck on how to get started. Ideas?
applefan
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Registered: November 03, 2008
Posts: 2
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thats awsome, its really hard sometimes to get a school to listen to its students about issues like this. i know my old highschool was like that anyway. im in college now and me and my friends along with some other help got a recycling program started for cans and bottles and paper. the one problem i have is i would like to see the school use recycled paper as well as recycling old paper so maybe this would be a good idea for you and anyone who is taking action with your school to recycle. push them to use recycled products as well. but good luck because a lot of those superintendent types are pretty thick headed. in my experiences anyway.
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Registered: April 04, 2008
Posts: 28
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Just an update: After a meeting with principal, and bombarding him afterwards with emails, I have succesfully started the recycling program. Thanks for all your help!
applefan
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Registered: July 26, 2008
Posts: 8
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most schools already recycle
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Registered: June 10, 2008
Posts: 1
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Well, my school had recycle cans next to the trash cans, but people started saying that the janitors didn't put the recycle cans into a different trash bag. That they just threw both of them away. I never saw it first hand but others did. Our school also used more paper than many other schools in Texas. We ended up at the end of the year using over a million sheets of paper, and we are only a jr. High!
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Registered: June 08, 2008
Posts: 1
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My school doesn't recycle, and i was just thinking about this! I was thinking that when school starts again in the fall to write a letter to the principal or the dean saying that our school should recycle and include facts about how it helps the enviornment.
Also, my friend wrote a paper about this last year. One of the facts in her paper was that schools can actually get paid to recycle. Maybe you can look that up and use that to help motivate more schools to recycle.
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Registered: April 17, 2008
Posts: 12
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first, collect a tiny group of supporters who u knoiw will work then make fliers saying how everyone can recycle,etc u can go door-to-door in your neighbourhood and also tell them what they can do speak to your teachers about what u plan to do(how u want your school to recycle[u can use only recycled sheets,use both sides of the paper,no plastic,use less paper bags in the cafeteria,etc])..speak to your principal if your teacher agrees,form a club in your school who find new ways to recycle and who actually go about recycling here's an idea: why dont u ask your cafeteria to use newspaper bags to put food in instead of the brown paper ones(u and your school can make loads if u'll get together) all the best
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Registered: August 17, 2001
Posts: 5812
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Does your school recycle? If not, start there. For me, every school I went to had a recycling in every room and encouraged it. Sometimes that's as far as you can go, though. Some people will not recycle even if it's all that there is or greatly encouraged. You can't force people to do what they don't want to.
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