Recycling equals Art Supplies?

For every ton of material sent to the MRF (Material Recovery Facility) $100 is made - Jackson

But we're helping the recycling company to get more material so we should see if we can get some of that....

That money then could be converted to art supplies for the classrooms.

This then gives our teachers more reason to collect even more recycling.  

We wonder 

What our waste company would think about our....

Idea. 

And here's another

We also learned hay helps break down the food in the composting bin.  See....

But we learned something new about....

Paper towels can also be used to break down the compost. That doesn't cost us anything. So we should start saving our paper towels - Jackson, Recyclanator-in-Chief

What do you think.....

Any Suggestions moving forward

Keeping Track of Our Progress

One of the key motivations behind Zero Waste and the recyclanator’s initiative is the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. So for every ton of waste making its way into recycle bins, three metric tons are removed from the air.

This has inspired us to keep track of how much paper and plastic we save from the garbage. But the measurement proposed a little problem solving to streamline the process.

D’ali demonstrates our dilemma.  For example on Friday, our crate full of paper weighed 13 pounds. The kids quickly realized that the total amount of paper recycled was not 13 pounds…

Valentina demonstrates the first solution.

A bit messy and imprecise.

Fortunately, our chief recyclanator had a more elegant solution.

 

The empty box weighs five pounds.

Then by subtracting 5 from 13, the amount recycled was calculated to be 8 pounds.  

Next we will figure out how long it will take to reach 2,000 pounds, and then the average amount of carbon we are removing from the atmosphere on a daily basis.

Daily Figures

Recyclanator-Cam

A Reminder and a Tall Tale

I like receiving this box for my recyclables because it makes me feel like somebody is thinking about how to make this project work – Steve

But we noticed that sometimes when we come around the rooms, our recycle boxes are empty so we quietly placed the following picture on garbage pails. 

Then we wanted to see if teachers got the hint.

Vanessa is on the ball...I like the picture the recyclanators have put on my garbage pail, because if we forget to recycle the earth might blow up. It’s perfect - every time I see the picture, it says don’t put stuff in the garbage, put it in the recycle box.

Unfortunately, the reminder was gone a few days later….Ryan had an explanation

Don Mattingly ripped it off the garbage pail. He doesn’t like the earth.

Really Ryan?

I don’t think so

Nonetheless, Ryan promised the picture would be remain if the Mets chased the Dodgers from the playoffs.

Hmmm.......

We will be…

Watching

Just kidding, everyone is doing a great job

Thank you 

Teachers and Staff

The recyclanators get going

I’m very proud of Jackson and the recyclanators and how much responsibility they have taken on because our future depends on this – Dawn

I think the recycleanators are doing a great job and have trained me very well in reminding us every day to recycle – Chris Meyer

                                  

Recycling saves the World

-Jackson

I’m glad when we’ve gone around and collected recycling because it helps the world be a cleaner place – Jayden

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