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Ways to Green Your Elementary School
Reduce
- Use reusable bottles for drinks instead of individual juice boxes or cans.
- Use reusable containers for snacks and packed lunches instead of disposable wrappers or bags.
- Buy snacks with less packaging on them (such as an apple instead of a package of apple crisps).
- When having parties in the classroom, use washable plates and cups instead of disposable ones.
- If your classroom has a pet turtle, lizard or fish, use real plants instead of synthetic or plastic plants.
- Ask your teacher if you could walk to a nearby park to examine the local ecosystems without using extra gas.
Reuse
- Always use both sides of a piece of paper.
- Make sure every classroom has a scrap paper tray for reusing paper.
- Reuse old paper that cannot be written on any more in craft projects.
- Hold a “bring and buy” sale to raise money for your school, where people can bring old clothes, toys or books for someone else to buy or reuse.
- Encourage the school to use rechargeable batteries and refillable print cartridges.
Recycle
- If your school has a drink vending machine, put a recycling bin next to it to collect cans for recycling.
- Help set up a composting bin for yard materials or a vermicomposting bin for food scraps in your cafeteria or courtyard.
- Encourage your school to buy and use recycled paper and other recycled products.
- Use pencils and other school supplies made from recycled materials.
Revised July 15, 2016
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