Ways+to+reduce+waste+at+school

May 22 /2011  By: Maria Camila Orjuela  **SYNTHESISE: ** There are so many great ideas to reduce waste of paper and plastic, at school also you could put on work this ideas at home. -Print and photocopy by both sides -Use half sheets of paper when it is possible -Use email or other media to sent news to parents -Have a scrap paper box in all school classes, and also at all homes -B ooks and note pads made from recycled paper which take 70 to 90 percent less energy to be produced. Using recycled paper helps prevent the destruction of forests which are very important because the trees in the forest help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere so it reduces contamination. -Only smaller brothers take circular - Reuse the cardboard for art or classes  - Install hand dryers in restrooms to reduce paper towel use by using less paper you can reduce up to 40 percent of the trash that is thrown away. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">To reduce the waste of plastic ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- Encourage students to use reusable products such as cups, drink bottles, lunch boxes and plates. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Reuse thermoses for h2o & juice <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Don’t buy bottled H2o or juice <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Don’t pack food in bags, if you do wash & reuse <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Use real silverware <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">-Don’t buy small packages of snacks, buy big ones and pack the food in reusable containers - Use the Bon Yourt top tap for art, also the yogo yogo down tap
 * To reduce the waste of paper:**

-Cut the carton down, punch holes in the bottom and use for growing plants in. -Cut off the top and use as a pen/pencil/make up brush tidy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">To reduce the waste of cartons (tetra-paks) **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- **Cut the carton down to make paint pots for kids play.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As you see, these are all very good ideas to reduce waste. But people dont take good advantageof them, or maybe they dont know about all this ideas. It would be very good that we put to work some of this ideas to have a better school and help to have a better planet. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">

May 30 2011 By: Daniela Correa //Book: Global Warming (what can you do?)// //By: Glenn Murphy// //From the school´s junior library// //Published in 2008 by the five mile press pty//

Some ways to reduce waste:
1. Recicle as much waste as is possible by sorting your trash

2. Take used glass bottles and to a recycling center

3. Save and reread old comics and magazines, or give them to a friend.

May 25 2011 By: Daniela Correa

You can reduce waste if you:

 * **Reduce:**Reduce the amount of new stuff you buy. To reduce waste, buy things that have less packaging.


 * **Reuse:**Try to borrow or rent things you'll only need for a short amount of time, and reuse the things you already have. When you have things you no longer need, give them to others who can use them. Use reusable bags when you go shopping.


 * **Recycle:**Remember to recycle whatever materials you can, like bottles, cans, and paper, so they can be collected and remade into new products.


 * **Buy recycled:** Choose products made from recycled materials whenever you can.


 * **Teach your school the three R's:** Schools can save energy, preserve natural resources, and prevent greenhouse gas emissions by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

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May 25 2011

By: Ma Camila Orjuela M
 * Use less paper[[image:http://156.98.19.245/images/usedpaper.jpg width="128" height="300" align="right" caption="external image usedpaper.jpg"]] **

Even though we recycle much of the paper we use, it is still a significant part of what we throw in the trash. Think about all of the paper you've thrown away that only had writing on one side. Those pieces of paper could have been used a second time, potentially cutting your paper use in half. Also, by buying paper and notebooks that contain recycled paper, you complete the recycling loop and create less waste.
 * Example:** Make room in your classroom or at home to put paper that has only been used on one side. Use that pap[[image:http://156.98.19.245/images/diskette_sm.jpg width="125" height="125" align="left" caption="external image diskette_sm.jpg"]]er for notes, or feed the blank side into your printer for draft documents. You can also make scratch pads out of that single-sided paper by binding one side. Can you "go paperless?" Ask your teacher if you can hand in assignments on a computer disk or via e-mail instead.
 * Benefits:** Because paper and packaging make up such a large part of our garbage, by using less paper you can reduce up to 40 percent of the trash that is thrown away.

May 18/2011 Posted by:Maite Nahuel

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-Encourage double sided photocopying and printing. -Match print runs to the number of users - Encourage the use of half sheets of paper when possible -Students and staff adjust print and copy margins to “right size” the paper for each job -Office staff implement efforts to reduce the use of fax cover sheets when possible - Reuse envelopes by covering old addresses and postage. - Classrooms implement a “back sided paper policy” to encourage writing on both sides of a sheet of paper - Students create “Think BeforeYou Print” signs for all computers at school - Use email instead of paper copies for regularly issued staff or parent newsletters, bulletins or memos whenever possible - Printers and copiers are set by default to make double sided prints - Promote “paper free” or “no print” days three times during the school year to encourage the habit of printing only what is needed

- Install hand dryers in restrooms to reduce paper towel use

(Own ideas): -Only smaller brothers take circular. -Sending info by email. -Have a scrap paper in all school classes and at home too. -Reuse the cardboard for art or classes, or better use less cardboard.

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• Consider the packaging that is bought into the school via the school tuck shop or cafeteria. if you have a wide variety of packaging to recycle, simplify the process by only buying in items with one type packaging eg plastic drink bottles (which are easily recycled) instead of having to deal with plastic and aluminium and tetra packs and glass.

• Encourage staff and students to use reusable products such as cups, drink bottles, lunch boxes and plates.

• Start a compost system at school. Make or buy traditional compost bins, worm farms or bokashi units. Food scraps from students’ lunches and the staff room can be used to feed a whole school or single classroom bin. Anywhere that there is food preparation carried out, such as the school cafeteria or tuck shop, it is likely that there will be an excellent source of material for the worm farm or compost bin.

• Join in the Council kerbside recycling service (where available) to recycle glass bottles and jars, aluminium and steel cans, and plastic containers (numbered 1 - 7) in the blue bins.

• Get a cardboard cage and paper recycling bins for the school office and put paper recycling boxes in each classroom.

• Adopt ‘Litterless lunches’. This focuses on the contents of students’ lunch boxes, promoting reusable lunch boxes and drink bottles, encouraging parents to avoid using pre-packaged foods, school.

• Recycle old school computer equipment. Now companies take old computer and electronic equipment and either refurbish them for use for by charities or in poorer countries or dismantle them to retrieve the reusable metals and components.

Own ideas: -Reuse thermoses for h2o & juice -Don’t buy bottled H2o or juice -Don’t pack food in bags, if you do wash & reuse -Use real silverware -Don’t buy small packages of snacks, buy big ones and pack the food in reusable containers

May 18 2011 By: Maria Camila Orjuela

Cut the carton down to make paint pots for kids play. Cut the carton down, punch holes in the bottom and use for growing plants in. Cut off the top and use as a pen/pencil/make up brush tidy
 * Everyone can help to recycle cartons**

May 18 2011 Posted and made by: Daniela Correa

**How can we help at school?**
//Boook: Global Warming (what can you do?)// //By: Glenn Murphy// //From the school´s junior library// //Published in 2008 by the five mile press pty//

Students must be aware, that all the trash they create may be around for a very long time!

At school we could use: produced. Using recycled paper helps prevent the destruction of forests which are very important because the trees in the forest help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere so it reduces contamination.
 * B**ooks and note pads made from recycled paper which take 70 to 90 percent less energy to be