Pop Can Recycling

Nov 19, 2009

We are going to start recycling pop cans to help raise some money.  We are applying for bottles grants to buy some plastic containers for people to put them in.  We will put these containers around school (teachers’ lounges, cafeteria, etc.) and at the football field and baseball and softball fields.  The money we raise will go to the Global Awareness Club.

Caprisun Pouches

Nov 19, 2009

For the past few months we have been collecting empty Caprisun pouches.  We recycle them through a program called Terracyle.  Terracyle enables people to reuse non-recyclable material to make eco-friendly products that can be ordered online.   

When you collect these pouches and turn them in to Terracycle you recieve $ .02 per pouch.  We have collected over 400 pouches that we have sent in.  This is a great program for us because our snack bar sells Caprisun at lunch and many people drink them.  In the past these pouches would have just been thrown in the trash, but now that we are collecting them they are being reused as opposed to filling up a land fill.  We were able to send in over 300 pouches in our last shipment.  This brought $7.02 back to our school, which isn't much, but we hope collect many more in the future!

Classroom Paper Recycling

Nov 19, 2009

 We have put boxes in every classroom for people to put paper in.  We are hoping to raise enough money to buy plastic containers to replace the cardboard boxes.  Our school’s FFA chapter, who were a vital part in the creation of our Global Awareness Club, is going to help us pay for these containers.  We have taken paper to the bins in town three times this school year and now we have students signed up in study hall to take them every other Friday.  We have been looking into programs that would pay us to recycle paper, but it is only picked up twice a year and the storage of that much paper is an issue for us.     

The Beginning!

Sep 02, 2009

We are definitely getting down to business with our project!  We went up to Des Moines to view their rooftop garden, and they had a simple landscape with just grass, (some of which was turning brown.) we will be looking into different companies to find out more information with rooftop gardens.  We need to find out if it is possible to add one to our existing roof, even though it will not be a new building. 

We will be giving a presentation at the next school board meeting on all the new additions we are making to our school.  We began collecting empty capri sun pouches for recycling at Terracycle, which make recyclable products.  We will also be looking at biodegradable products for school instead of styrofoam, and talk to the woods class about constructing a "Recycling Depot" where kids at school can recycle cans, glass, and paper all at a central location.