Winter 2001 New Hamshire School Recycling Club Newsletter

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Recycling at Plymouth Elementary School

February

2001

IN THIS ISSUE

Looking for a FundraiserWith an Environmental

Twist? / 2

“Best of the Best” SchoolRecycling Awards / 3

Plymouth ElementarySchool Profile / 4

News Flashes / 5

PETE’s Bins Available / 6

STARS!!! Ideas / 5

New School RecyclingSpecialist / 5



Looking for a Fund Raiser with anEnvironmental Twist?

Th en we’ve got just wh at you ’re look ing for .

. . th e 2nd Annu al Back yard Com post BinSa le! T h is sale of fers town s, com m u ni ty

groups, and SCHOOLS the chan ce to not only

p rovide res iden ts with an easy to use back yard

com post b in at a LOW price, but also allows YOU

to ra ise m oney!

Using th e con cept of “bu lk pu rchas ing ” t o le -

verage lower pr ices, back yard com post b in s and a

31 pa ge “H ow To” book let are available for only

$25 ($80 re tail value). Th e organ iz in g groupwith in each com m u ni ty (on e lead group per com -

m u n ity , please) can s el l th e bin s for $25 or u se

th is oppor tu ni ty as a fun d ra iser and ra ise the

pr ice to $30! A sch ool pa r t ic ipa t ing in last year ’s

sale raised $100! Th is n ot on ly pa id for oth er

parts of their re cycling pr ogram , but a lso gave residen ts a GREAT deal on a

back yard com post ing bin !

How it WorksTo par t ic ipa te in the b ack yard com post b in sale, you r sch ool will have to:

D P rom ote the sa le of the back yard com post bins within you r com m u ni ty(free p rom ot ional m ater ia ls and sam ple bin wil l be p rovided);

D Accept orders f rom residen ts (check s only) u n til Apr il 23, 2001 an d k ee ptrack of who orde red b ins ;

D R eturn the com ple ted orders an d checks to the NH Govern or’s R ecy-cling P rogram

D Make a rrangem ents to pick u p th e bins in ear ly Ju ne (lo ts of 25 can bed elivered to a sin gle location).

D Fin ally, dis tribu te th e b ins to the re siden ts who placed an orde r !

The Earth Machine

is 10.5 cubicfeet (33” x 33”), made of 100% re-cycled plastic and has a 10 yearwarranty. It will compost the foodwaste and some yard waste froma family of five.



It Couldn’t Be Any Simpler!

So, h elp redu ce the am oun t of waste your com m u ni ty send s to

the l and fill/in cin era tor by of fe r ing YOUR res iden ts LOW cost

back yard com post b ins AND ra ise fun ds a t the sam e t im e! To be

part of this ter rific pr og r am a nd e a r n a S T AR S !!! Achievem e n t

Sticker for your club , please con tact T H E CLUB a t 271-1098 or b ye-m ail at:

r ecy [email protected] .nh.us!

STARS!!! 2001!

Th e S T AR S !!! Achievem e n t Sticker Pro -gram gives s tu den t s the recogn it ion they de -

serve in the i r recyclin g ef forts!! Ea ch ye ar,

the sch ool with the m ost s tars receives a

“Best of th e Best” award. Her e is the t al ly as

of early J an u ar y, 2001:

# of STARS!!

F irst P lace Clu b 10

Secon d P lace Clu b 9Th ird P lace Clu b 6

Keep up th e in cred ible work! Rem em ber ,

com petition is fierce. Keep sen d ing in th ose

app lica t ions!



“Best of the Best ” School Recycling Awards

H

as your s chool m ade G RE AT str ides in th e “World of School Recy-

cling”? If so, YOUR club or a m em ber of your clu b could win on e of

th is year’s “Best of th e Bes t” School Recycling Award s:H Recy c le r o f t he Year , given to th e sch ool recycler (stu den t , teach er, or vol -

u n teer) who h as dem on st ra ted the m ost en th u siasm , com m it m ent , or lead -ership in prom oting sch ool recycling!

1999-2000 Winner: Bob Hodder, Maintenance Supervisor, Gilmanton School, Gilmanton, NH

H T h e S T A R S ! !! A w a r d , r eserved for the school tha t h as earned th e m ostS T AR S !!! Achievem ent S t ickers for th e 2000-2001 sch ool year!

1999-2000 Winner: Walpole School, Walpole, NH

H Most Cr e a t i v e S c h o ol R e cy cl i n g A w a r d , presented to the school who has

shown the m ost c reativi ty in th eir recycling p rogram (includ ing ed u ca-t ional and fun d ra ising act iv ities)!

1999-2000 Winner: Ms. Cutting’s grades 1-2, Lincoln-Ackerman School, Hampton Falls,NH

Prizes

Th e win n ers of this year’s “Best of the B est” Sch ool Re cyclin g Awards will

h ave a choice of having on e of th e following per form ances a t th e i r school:

H Associ a t ion of Ver m o n t R e cy cl er s : A n onp rofit organ iza tion solely ded i-ca ted to prom ot ing th e n ew 3R’s, Red uce, Reuse , Recycle.

H B i l l Sh on t z : “Sch ool af te r school raves about h is un cann y abili ty to send ast rong ecologica l m essage with style, m u sician sh ip , and h u mor.”

H J a c k Go ld e n : Dr . T, exper t “Trashologist” , who blen ds m ime , com edy,song and dram at ics to explore the m any issu es con cern ing th e p reciousen viron m e n t .

H Ha ’p e n n y T h e a t r e (M r . B e a r a n d C om p a n y ): E n viron mental ly fr iendlystor ies , ski t s and dan cing an im ated with pu ppe t s , m u sic and au d ience pa r-t ic ipa t ion.



The award winn ers will be invited to the S tate H ouse (Con cord, NH ) to

form ally accept th e ir awards f rom Governo r J e ann e S ha he e n !

To m ake a nom in ation for on e of the awards l isted , sim ply fill out th e ap -

p lica t ion b elow and de scr ibe why the award sh ould be presented to your

n om ine e .

TH E DEAD LINE FOR AWAR D NOMINAT IONS IS APRIL 6, 2001,

S O DON’T DEL AY!!!

Walpole School winners withGovernor Shaheen

2001 AWARD NOMINATIONS

School _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Contact _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone ____________________________________________________________________________________________

ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER . . . please indicate award category,

and write a brief description of why this award should be presented to your nominee.

RETURN this form and supporting information to the NH Governor’s Recycling Program,

2½ Beacon Street, Concord, NH 03301-4497 by April 6 , 2001



It is cer ta inly a team ef fort − t he en t ire stu den t coun cil (117 stu den ts) is

in volved in k eep ing P lym outh e lem en tary S chool recycling. Each week ,

a dif fe rent grou p of s tuden ts v is i ts each class room to em pty the pap er

recycling CLUB b ins in to large plast ic bags. The bags are taken outside to

the new recycling trai ler , which was received from TH E CLUB gran t (see

F ebru ary 2000 news le t ter). Th e trai ler is a great ad d it ion to the program

since i t not only provides storage bu t a lso a llows for easy tr an spor ta t ion to

School Profi le

School: Plymouth Elementary

Grades: K-5

Size: 505 Students

Recycling: mixed paper, cardboard, newspaper, HDPE and PETE

plastic bottles,aluminum cans, toner cartridges

Operators: Students and Staff



the local recyclin g fa cil i ty. For fu n , an d also to edu cate al l who se e i t , the

recyclers u sed the i r a r t is tic talent to decora te and em bell ish th e black trai ler

boxes. Now, when th e t railer t ravels throu gh town, there i s no ques tion in

an yone’s m ind about the bu sine s s a t ha nd !

Team e f fort is also eviden t be tween th e local recyclin g facil ity an d th e

school. Stu den ts h elp direct t raffic on h ouseh old h azardous waste collect iondays , m ake and m ain tain birdh ouses at th e recycling facil ity an d re ceive

incom e for th e sch ool recyclables ($250 last year).

Th e Stu den t Cou n cil is also in volved with th e Cartr idges for Kids

Program an d h as a lready earned a lm ost $275 this sch ool year for th e u sed

cartr idges th ey h ave collected from bu siness es, paren ts, coun ty offices, local

offices, an d th e sch ool itself.

As with an y recycling program , edu cation is th e key to su ccess. Th ese

stud ents k eep th e school m ot iva ted by mak ing presenta t ions to teachers ,

crea t ing fun and interest ing posters , developing eye ca tching bu lle t in boards

and having older k ids speak to youn ger k ids on th e imp ortance of recycling.

The resu l t is eviden t , for som et im es it i s the f i rs t graders rem inding th e

teach er of the f in e d etai ls of recyclin g!

The s tu den ts a t P lymouth Elemen tary School are grea t recyclers who

have the enth usiasm an d com m itm ent to keep th e school doing i ts par t in

redu cin g what goes to the land fil l.

Oth ers realize th is - th e St u den t Coun cil has received th e im por tan t rec-

ogn it ion i t deserves from b oth the S chool Board and the S electm en for it s re-

cycling efforts. TH E CLUB congra tu la tes the S tu den t Coun cil!



New Members of THECLUB include:

D Marlborough School

D Sanborn ton Cen tral School

D And over Elem en tary School

D Bristol Elem en tary Sch ool

D New Ham pton School

D Brookl ine Elem en tary

D Cap tain S. Douglas Acad em y(Brookline)

D Laconia H igh School

D H a m pstead Middle School

Cart r idges for Kids

The Febru ary 2000 n ews le tter h igh l ighted a program called Cartridges for Kids, whichpays sch ools for their em pty toner car tridges. Since THE CLUB first announced the

program:

D 57 schools h ave joined th e prog r a m ,

D R ecy cled 16,000 poun ds of toner car tridges; and ,

D Earned approximate ly $9,700 in th e p rocess!!

S t a r t r ecy cl i n g to n e r ca r t r idges!

eco-cycle™ Loan Kits

O ne of the most rem a r k able re-

sources in th e Lendin g Li brary is

th e R edu ce, Reu se, R ecy cle: A W aste R e-

du ct ion A ctiv i t y Ki t by e co-cycle. This

Kit prom otes source red u ction, recy cling,

an d “Closing th e Loop” to grades 4-8,

though i t can be eas ily retr ofi t ted to ac-

com m odate any grade level . I n s t ructors

learn wi th th e s tu den t s a s the act iv ities

are com pleted. Therefore, the lessons re-

qu ire very l it t le preparat ion t im e and n o

exper t ise in solid waste issu es. All visua l

a ids and m ater ia ls needed to par t icipate

are in c lud ed wi thin th e Ki t .

Ki t s Hav e Been Check ed-Out 760

Weeks Si n ce 1996

NEWS FLASHES!!!

B elow is a q uick u pdate on som e of

TH E CLUB’s great p rograms.



PETE’s Bins Available

T

he NH Govern or’s R ecycling P rog r am ha s r eceived fun d ing from th e

Nationa l Associa t ion for P ET Con ta in er Resources and th e New

H a m psh ire Soft Drink Associa t ion to prom ote plastic recycling in NH

schools. Th is fun d ing h as a llowed u s to of fer CLUB m em bers “PETE ’s Big

Bin ” for on e-th ird of th eir cost ($6.00)!! Th e clear gree n bin is 34" h igh x 21"

wide, is m ad e from 100% post con s u m e r P E T E m aterial, and com es with a la-

bel stat ing , “Recycle P lastic Bott les H ere.” For more in form ation on

“PETE ’s Big B in” or start ing a plas tic recycling p rogram , con tac t the Gover-

n or’s R ecycling P rogra m at 271-1098 or e-ma il u s at :[email protected]

Pu r ch a s e t h es e b i n s f or y o u r p l a st i c r ecy c l ing!



PETE’s “How To” Bullet in

You may have not iced tha t your caf e ter ia soda m achines are dispe ns-

ing plast ic soda bott les ra ther th an a lu m inu m cans . These bo tt les are

m ade with P ETE p last ic and are recycla ble. Man y schools do n ot

kn ow how to go about recycling them . THE CLUB is cur ren tly work ing on a

tech n ical bu lle t in giving step -by-step ins t ruct ions an d th e “ t r icks”on how to

recycle PE TE plast ic in your school. If you have an y ques tions or concerns

regard ing PETE p lastic recycling, please d o not h esitate t o con tac t the Gover-n or’s Re cycling P rogram at 271-1098 or e-ma il u s at .

[email protected]

S t a r t r ecy cl i n g p l a st ics!

“Funnel” bucket for emptying bottles before recycling.



Surfing the Web

Visit th ese en vironm enta l ly fr iendly s ites n ext t im e you are on the n e tsurfin’!!

D Learn ing tools for teache r s a nd pa ren ts. A club , gam es, crafts, pu zzlesand m ore for k ids!!www.planetpals .com

D Teach ers ’ tools an d in form ation. Focuses on t rees and pa per recycling.www.afandpa.org/kids_ed u ca t o r s

D S tu den ts in 5th grad e con st ructed th e i r own re cycling web si tes on is -sues such as paper and p lastic recyclin g. A good way to ear n STARS!! !

w w w .h cs p s .n e x u s .e d u .a u /p r o jects/re cy cl ing/ l ist .htm

STARS!!! IDEAS

D Ear thday Grocery Bags: Decora te paper grocery bags using pictures of the ear th , en viron m en ta l m essages, you r recyclin g club’s n am e, etc. Becreative!

www.ear thdaybags .orgD Can vas Bag Fun drais ing : Se ll can vas bags for fun d rais ing. Earn s your

sch ool $ while en couraging reuse in your com m u ni ty .

D Borrow Com post Display: Borrow the NH Govern or’s R ecycling P ro-gra m ’s Com post Display. Th is is a gr eat way to ed u cate kids and th e i rparents about back yard com post ing.



New School RecyclingSpecialist ! ! !

Ma ny qua lified a pp licants in ter -

viewed for the Sch ool Re cyclingS pecialist posit ion for th e NH

Govern or’s R ecycling Program , bu t one

app licant rose to the TOP! Courtn ey

Ups h all, a lon g t ime r es iden t of New

H a m pshire , h as accepted th e job of

Sch ool Re cycling S pe cialist!

Courtn ey is a recent grad uate of

McGill Un iversity (Mon tre al, Qu ebe c)

where she m ajored in P hysica l Geography and En glish Litera ture . Her

interest in recycl in g began as a youn gster , when she convinced h er en t i ren eighborh ood th at recyclin g was th e “right” th ing to do! Cou rtn ey later

a t tend ed Concord High S chool where sh e was inst ru m enta l in th e da i ly

activities of th e sch ool’s recyclin g pr ogram !

Courtn ey is wait ing to hear f rom you and your c lub , so she can h elp your

sch ool recycle! If you have any que st ion s rela t ing to sch ool recycling or ou r

ed u cat ion al m ater ials, please con tact Cou rtn ey Up sh all at 271-1098 or by

e-m ail at:

cour tney .upsha l l@osp .s ta te .nh .us .

Courtney Upshall



THE CLUB Newslet terNH School Recycling Club

c/o NH Governor’s Recycling Program

2-1/2 Beacon Street, Concord NH 03301-4497

VOICE: 603-271-1098

FAX: (603) 271-1728

e-mail: [email protected] page: www.state.nh.us/recycle

This news let ter is pub lished three times per year and is the con trib ut ing

news let ter for the NH School Re cy cling Club (THE CLUB).

THE CLUB is designed to be a fun and innovative way to give

kids encouragement, direction, and networking possibilities for

school recycling programs. Benefits to joining THE CLUB

include:

D hear the latest news in New Hampshire’s school recycling

community;

D gain statewide recognition for your school’s recyclingefforts;

D increase partnerships between your community and yourschool;

D receive technical assistance for your school, and;

D learn of FREE recycling educational resources.

Membership in THE CLUB is fun, simple and easy! To jo in, yourschool simply needs to:

D be currently recycling or agree to recycle at least one itemwithin one year;

D have a centralized group (class, club, organization), and;

D have one adult contact and written approval from theprincipal.

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