Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce Your School's Waste and Help Save the Environment

Everyone knows that reducing waste is a good idea, but is your school doing all it can? You can reduce waste by reusing and recycling the basic materials that are used in school everyday. Waste reduction is important because it helps us protect our natural resources, protects our forests, and reduces the amount of garbage we put in landfills, or burn in incinerators.

This part of Green Flags will help your school improve its waste reduction and recycling programs, give you ideas on how to purchase recycled content products, and reuse materials to save costs.

 Level One Assess your school and form a Green Flag Team

 Level Two Discover and Share Information about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling

 Level Three Create a Policy regarding Reduce, Reuse, Recycling, or Improving Upon an Existing One

 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Resources

The Green Flag Program is a project of the national Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign,

 coordinated by the Center for Health Environment and Justice.