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Set up a program to reuse packing material in
your school. |
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Promote RRR in your school by acquiring and
displaying promotional and educational material to put up around your school.
See the EPA website for free posters. |
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Hold a school-wide waste reduction event, such
as a book-swap, locker clean out or waste free lunch and measure the amount of
reduced waste. |
| Arrange a class visit to your local recycling
center and/or waste management facility to learn what resources and activities
are available in your community for recycling, and produce a summary of what
you learned. |
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Visit another school with a RRR program that
could serve as a model or a local business with a RRR program and produce a
summary of what you learned. |
| Hold a poster contest or recycled craft contest
-- provide prizes for top winners in each grade level (e.g. bird feeders from
used soda bottles, or holiday gift wrapping paper from used grocery bags). |
| Hold a donation drive for used school supplies,
clothing or other reusable materials. |
| Present your program to another school in the
district and brainstorm ideas on how that school can start or improve their
recycling program. |
| Hold a competition for classes or grade levels
to compete against each other by tracking the quantities of recyclables they
generate. |
| Hold a drive/contest to recycle inkjet
cartridges from school, parents and local businesses (with thermometer chart to
track the quantity donated). |
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In conjunction with an art class, create art
using non-recyclable materials at your school. |
| Set up a composting program within your school
(see RRR resource packet). |
| Hold old clothing, toy or shoe drives to reduce
home waste and donate items to an organization of your choice. |
| Hold a paper-free school day; use chalkboards,
writing toys and bulletin boards to avoid using any paper for a day (please
submit photos). |
| Complete a graph charting a 6-month trend of
recycling vs. solid waste disposal. |
| Hold
a waste-free lunch contest by weighing trash collected after an average lunch
at your school and compare it with the waste-free lunch day. |
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http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/pdfs/4-6.pdf
“Case of the Broken Loop”: An activity booklet with
word games related to waste and recycling.
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http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/pdfs/k-3.pdf “Follow that Trail”: An activity book with games related to
composting, recycling, and saving earth’s resources.
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