WASTE FREE LUNCHES

BY: TATIANA AND NADIA EGBUNINE

SAVE THE EARTH!

• WE ARE SAVING THE EARTH TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION.

• IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ON AVERAGE A SCHOOL-AGE CHILD USING A DISPOSABLE LUNCH MAKES 67 POUNDS OF WASTE PER SCHOOL YEAR. THAT COMPARES TO 18,760 POUNDS OF LUNCH WASTE FOR JUST ONE AVERAGE-SIZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

• WE SHOULD ALWAYS REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

• YOU CAN USE PLASTIC CONTAINERS FROM HOME AND REUSE THEM.

• YOU CAN BRING IN COMPOSTABLE LUNCHES OR BAGS.

• YOU CAN ALSO BUY LUNCH FROM THE CAFETERIA(WHICH ALSO HAS COMPOSTABLE THINGS.)

WHAT HAS BALTIMORE CITY DONE SO FAR?

• IN 2011, THE CITY COLLECTED 26,000 TONS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. THAT’S 52,000,000 POUNDS OF MATERIAL DIVERTED FROM YOUR LANDFILLS.

• ON THE OTHER HAND, LAST YEAR THEY COLLECTED 147,000 TONS OF TRASH – THAT’S A LOT OF GARBAGE – AND WE CAN REDUCE THAT AMOUNT DRAMATICALLY.

• IN 2010, BALTIMORE CITY RECYCLED 27% OF ITS WASTE.

WHY IS RECYCLING SO IMPORTANT AND HOW CAN YOU PREVENT IT?• RECYCLING HELPS SUSTAIN OUR ENVIRONMENT, REDUCES AND SAVES

ENERGY.

• USE ANY CONTAINER YOU WANT: PAPER BAGS, CARDBOARD BOXES, OLD LAUNDRY BASKETS – YOU CAN EVEN USE TRASH CANS (JUST MARK IT “RECYCLING”). THE ONLY RULE? DO NOT PLACE RECYCLING IN PLASTIC BAGS.

• FILL YOUR CONTAINER WITH RECYCLABLES : PAPER, CANS, CARDBOARD, AND BOTTLES

• PUT OUT ALL THAT YOU CAN – THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLING YOU CAN PUT OUT.

WHAT KIND OF BINS ARE THERE?

• COMPOSTABLE BIN

• RECYCLING BIN

• WASTE BIN

• BOTTLE BIN

SITES

• HTTP://WWW.WASTEFREELUNCHES.ORG/

• HTTP://PUBLICWORKS.BALTIMORECITY.GOV/RECYCLING.ASPX

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND HELP US PREVENT WASTE!