WANT TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS RECYCLING
GreenSylvania is the K-12 paper recycling competition that PROP is sponsoring(with additional financial support from KAB). Online registration will begin September 1 and end September 30 with the actual competition taking place during the four full weeks of October.The goal of the Greensylvania competition is to increase the amount of recyclables diverted from school disposal streams during and after the competition. Greensylvania offers a number of educational skills and concepts that can be interwoven with the competition such as science, math, writing and environmental stewardship. Additionally, a school’s image is enhanced as a contributor to the community’s recycling effort.www.greensylvania.org in September.
GreenSylvania is a great program if you already have a recycling program initiated at the schools in your county but especially if you don't! It's just the boost you need to get your school personnel and students enthused and involved! The actual registration form will be available online at www.greensylvania.org .
For the competitive comparison, the recycling results will be calculated on a school by a per capita basis. The winning school will receive a plaque in recognition of their achievement and their name engraved on a traveling trophy which they will keep until the following year’s competition. The county with the most schools involved will also receive a plaque.
Please contact Beth DeNardi, Luzerne County Recycling Coordinator at beth@luzernecounty.org for more information or check out the links below on how to get your school registered for this competition.
***************************************************************************************************************May 4 -- Plastic bag and container maker Ziploc has teamed with TerraCycle to increase recycling of its products.
The actual registration form will be available online at teams with TerraCycle to recycle Bags, Containers
KIDS RECYCLING CONTEST:
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/contest/index.html
Ziploc
The company will sponsor the newest TerraCycle Brigade, which allows schools to collect Ziploc bags and containers and then send them back to the company. For each bag or container collected, Ziploc and TerraCycle will pay two cents to the school actually doing the collection.
"We are really pleased to be adding new materials to our collection programs," said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. "It´s exciting to be able to find new uses for more and more materials that would otherwise be ending up in landfills and giving schools a much needed fundraising opportunity at the same time."
Other "brigades" collect drink pouches, chip bags, yogurt cups, glue bottles and sticks, tape dispensers and pens.
For more information, visit www.terracycle.net/brigades.
Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Amanda Smith-Teutsch at 330-865-6166 or asmith-teutsch@crain.com
Research shows that today’s children would benefit greatly from spending more time outdoors and making deeper connections to the natural world. Getting children outside, however, is just the first step. Children learn a great deal exploring their natural surroundings but deeper learning involves interpreting what they see, touch and smell, as well as synthesizing this information to construct meaning.
The Dimensions Educational Research Foundation in collaboration with the National Arbor Day Foundation has developed a series of Nature Explore workshops for educators and designers to help them design and use outdoor classrooms that use natural materials such as trees, logs, soils and water.
Visit www.arborday.org/explore for more information.
From PROP’s Education Committee:
Teachers, do your students have bottle caps and Capri Sun Drink Pouches?
Bottle Caps http://aveda.aveda.com/aboutaveda/caps.asp
“Your school can be part of the solution by joining recycle Caps with Aveda.”
Join Aveda's caps recycling initiative that helps extend the current boundaries of recycling and elicits participation from all corners of our community. With the help of our network of salons and stores, in partnership with community schools, we have created a recycling program for plastic bottle caps. Caps are collected at enrolled schools and then sent by Aveda to our recycler where the material is recycled into new caps and containers. Aveda has been able to work closely with our suppliers to develop ways to make new caps from the recycled caps and we plan to incorporate these caps into future Aveda products.”
Capri Sun drink pouches http://brands.kraftfoods.com/caprisun/be-green-earn-green.aspx
Earn Cash for your School or Organization – Start a drink pouch brigade and your school or organization gets cash for helping us upcycle drink pouches into cool fashion bags, totes, pencil cases and more. Plus, your kids get a fun lesson in eco-friendly action! Our partners at TerraCycle will help you start a drink pouch brigade at your home, school or organization.
