Implementation and Maintenance of a School

Recycling Program

Seminole Middle School

FACTAmericans make more

than 200 million tons

of garbage each year,

enough to fill Bush

stadium from top to

bottom twice a day.

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

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.

FACT

It takes a 15 year old tree to produce 700

grocery bags.

• Purchased Recycling bins

• Obtained information on recycle pickup schedule from county

Implementation of Recycling Program

Implementation of Recycling Program

• Develop contest and incentives for students and teachers

• Introduce Recycling program to students through morning announcements

Implementation of Recycling Program

Spray painted recycling symbol onto bins

FACTDisposable diapers

last centuries in landfills. An

average baby will go through 8,000

of them!

Implementation of Recycling Program

Distribute bins to all classrooms and necessary areas

Implementation of Recycling Program

Formed groups to cover all areas of the school

Team 2

Room Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4178

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202

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(Weight in lbs.)

Seminole’s Recycling Data

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

979 lbs. 1,027 lbs. 534 lbs. 1,364 lbs.

3,924 LBS.

Getting Involved

Ecology Kids Corporation

• Kid Care Presentation

– Who are they?

– Lesson on recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink

Earth Day CleanupEarth Day – April 22nd 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!

Increasing Our KnowledgeField Trip to Recycling Plant

FACT75,000 trees must be cut to providepaper for 1 edition of the Sunday New York times.

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

Works Cited

Facts came from www.askjeeves.com