Check out these web links from Alysen
Woodruff, City of Greenville Recycling Coordinator and Stone Recycling
Leader
Also, here are other AWESOME links:
Recycled Art Contest
As part of South Carolina's "Resource Conservation
Challenge," Paper Stock Dealers/Sonoco and Keep the Midlands Beautiful
have developed a new environmental education initiative, the Green Steps
program. Green Steps encourages individual schools to take annual steps
toward becoming more environmentally responsible. Stone Academy has
chosen to be a part of Green Steps beginning in the school year 04-05.
During this year, we will expand our recycling program to include all
standard commodities plus crayons, cellular phones, printer cartridges and
batteries. In addition, some of our classrooms are also composting food
scraps and paper towel waste. If we complete our goal for this year, a
plaque will be presented to us at an awards ceremony in the Spring.
Stone Academy won first place in the Phone Book
Recycling Contest! All students received a pencil made from recycled
denim. The school received a certificate housed in a frame made from
recycled plastic bottles and a case of blue, recycled content paper. Great
job everyone! Special thanks to Kyle Wilburn and his staff in addition to
everyone who went the extra mile and picked up phone books in
neighborhoods and businesses.
Each classroom will soon have Waste Reduction Patrol badges. The badges
will help recognize the students who help empty recyclables and
compostable items each week!
Please don't forget to recycle your plastic bottles in the cafeteria!
Remember to reuse boxes and tissue paper during the holidays. You can
reuse wrapping paper for crafts or put the paper in your recycling bin.
You can recycle batteries at the Stone Avenue Recycling Center, too!"
Classroom Recycling Bulletin:
- Mrs. Phoenix's and Mrs. K's class made holidays decorations from
recycled products. Items recycled include cardboard, old socks,
paper, soda bottles, old stockings, and old, tired ornaments.
- Fourth grade collected items such as cans, cartons, and boxes to
create math kits. There were a lot of recycled products in the
geocircus.
- Mrs Whitmire's class is collecting compostable items
from the classroom and even paper towels from the restroom
- Mrs. Knight's class is recycling paper and plastic,
and they ALWAYS use the backs of papers and save scraps for projects.
PTA parent Alysen Woodruff, has
organized the Recycling Project at Stone. Stone Academy and the City
of Greenville Solid Waste Division believe in helping children learn about
conserving natural resources and how to be good stewards of the
environment.
Cool info from Greenville's Recycling Education Funzone
Greater Greenville Recycling Page, with information for students,
parents, and school staff
Our recycling program will encompass:
all types of paper
cardboard
paperboard
glass bottles and jars
steel cans
aluminum cans
plastic bottles and jugs
printer cartridges
cell phones
household batteries
crayons
composting
PARENTS-Please drop off your cell phones and printer
cartridges in
the main office recycling bins for recycling!
The PTA will pursue grants and/or
affiliations with Palmetto Pride, DHEC's Office of Solid Waste Reduction
and Recycling, and the Green Steps program to help in our efforts to
beautify our school environment.
Getting students involved in recycling
requires not only the help of school staff, but also the assistance of
families.
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Signs and posters remind everyone to recycle.
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Bins are now in each classroom.
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Students practice composting in the classroom.
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Green Steps-Year 1
Progress Report 1
Every classroom now has a recycling box complete with
instructional signage for you to collect your recyclables in. These bins
accept glass bottles and jars, all types of paper (except laminated or
those with food residue), cardboard, paperboard, aluminum or steel cans,
and plastic bottles or jugs. Classroom helpers serve as the Waste
Reduction Patrol. These students are responsible for emptying the
recycling box. Classrooms who want to compost are welcome to participate
in that project, using the large composter in the garden area.
Composting "ingredients" could be as simple as the paper towels from the
student restrooms and if you wanted to go further, you could collect
scraps from the cafeteria. Students could be encouraged to bring
in compostable materials (dryer lint, for instance). In the cafeteria,
the staff is recycling their plastic bottles, jugs, and cans. Look
out for the grey cans with recycling signs on them.
The phone book drive is going really well. The end
date is November 15/America Recycles Day.
Progress Report 2 (January, 2005)
Stone Academy Recycling has been going well and the
students are doing a great job in terms of participation! Thanks to
everyone for their contribution. We do have a few problems, however,
that should be addressed.
1) There are a number of plastic bottles being thrown away in the
lunchroom by the students. Think, don't waste!
2) Also, folks are dropping off standard wall phones for recycling. The
program we offer is for cellular phones only. Please note the signage
attached to the containers before you drop your items off.
Green Steps-Year 2
Progress Report 3 (January, 2006)
Because they are lightweight and easy to use, many
cafeterias and lunchrooms across the country use polystyrene #6
(Styrofoam) trays. But as you avid City recyclers know, foam trays
are not recyclable with our program. end up in the landfill.The foam
trays and other small, plastic cafeteria containers do end up costing
the school money because they take up valuable (yes, expensive!)space in
the dumpster. One way to reduce the volume of garbage is to "tap
and stack". Before the trays are thrown out, students tap the food
scraps into the garbage cans, and then stack the emptied trays and other
small containers for disposal. Stacking takes up less space which means
less money has to be spent for the dumpster to be emptied more often.
Also, the school staff won't have to make as many trips to the dumpster
and will also save money not having to purchase more garbage bags.
Green Steps
Progress Report 4 (May, 2009)
Step 3 Outdoor Classroom and Garden"
"Step 4 Reuse: Annual Waste Free Toy Contest"
Green Steps Sustaining Projects: Reduce, Recycle, Compost, New Award:
Reuse
Mentor: Alysen Woodruff
Contact
Alysen Woodruff, PTA
Recycling Committee Chair, for more information or to help with the
project.
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