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Instructions

YEAR 1 –

  • Complete All Mandatory Activities

  • Complete a total of 13 Activities in the Following Categories:

(3)  Waste Prevention Activities
(2)  Reuse Activities
(3)  Recycling Activities
(1)  Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Activity
(2)  Composting and Landscape Reduction Activities
(2)  Promotion Activities
 

YEAR 2 –

  • Complete All Mandatory Activities

  • Maintain the Same Level of Activity from Previous Year

  • Complete a total of 4 Additional Activities in the Following Categories:

(3) Activities in Any Category
(1) Promotion Activity
 
 

YEAR 3 –

  • Complete All Mandatory Activities

  • Maintain the Same Level of Activity from Previous Year

  • Complete a total of 4 Additional Activities in the Following Categories:

(3) Activities in Any Category
(1) Promotion Activity
   
MANDATORY ACTIVITIES - Please check once completed Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3
Label recycling containers in all classrooms and cafeterias and throughout campus where students eat and drink
Post instructions in each classroom and throughout campus regarding recyclable and non-recyclable materials
Notify students and faculty that the recycling program is in effect
Create an organized and accountable system of responsibility for collection of recyclables
Secure recycling collection service from a permitted hauler
Document increased recycling collection service
Document reduced garbage service levels
Adopt a School Board resolution committing to recycling
Green waste collection separate from garbage
Email CCCSWA newsletter the Four R’s to teachers
Begin a kitchen recycling program for steel cans, cardboard, plastics, and glass  
Complete a student-conducted assessment of the school’s waste stream identifying the types, amounts and location of waste generated. Present these findings to principal/teachers and students (CCCSWA can coordinate)    
Incorporate a CCCSWA-recommended curriculum in one or more teachers’ classrooms*    
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES - Please check once completed Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

WASTE PREVENTION
 Instructions
Require using both sides of paper for homework
Set up voice mail for teachers to eliminate paper message taking
Implement e-mail communication among teachers and between teachers and parents
Post notices for teachers rather than placing notices in every teacher box
Circulate memos, newsletters, periodicals, rather than making individual copies
Identify and eliminate unnecessary forms or reports
Form or report name:
Reuse manila envelopes and file folders
Make double-sided copies a school policy
Formalize utilizing used paper for scratch paper, drafts, note taking, etc.
Conduct a lunchtime event showing students how much food and lunch packaging goes into the trash and discuss ways to prevent it
Coordinate a waste-free lunch day where students and teachers pack food only in reusable containers
Organize a classroom activity to identify over-packaged items that students use or buy
Direct students to write a letter to a manufacturer to request a reduction in packaging, use of recycled content materials, or to take back materials at products’ end of life
Write letters to and/or lobby elected officials in support of recycling promotion legislation
Ask students to write letters home to parents about ways to reduce lunch waste

Waste prevention activity of choice

Describe:
  Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

REUSE
 Instructions
Donate unwanted computers, furniture, and/or rugs
Donate all lost and found items to a local charity*
Donate unwanted books to a non-profit organization*
Organize a school “supplies swap” so students can trade toys, equipment and other items
Create a system for teachers to recycle, give away or reuse unwanted classroom supplies
Create a system for students to donate unwanted school supplies for use by next year’s students
Hold a school-wide art display or fashion show or create a mural using reused or salvaged materials
Participate in a Junkology reuse workshop*
Use rebuilt or refilled toner cartridges and when empty send back to a company that will rebuild or refill them*

Reuse activity of choice

Describe:
  Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

RECYCLING
 Instructions
Establish a student group that monitors, tracks, and spot checks the recycling program
Add a new material to the recycling program
Material:
Add a new material to the recycling program
Material:
Schedule a recycling assembly or classroom presentation*
Organize a poster contest promoting recycling and post winning entries around school
Incorporate recycling project into school community service requirement
Organize student litter clean up and recycling day(s)
Recycle old books at the Walnut Creek Recycling Center*
Have a student group or class conduct a survey of student recycling habits and attitudes
Schedule & participate in a CCCSWA recycled paper making workshop*
Establish system for recycling hazardous wastes including: batteries, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, e-waste, etc.
Recycling activity of choice
Describe:
  Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING
 Instructions
Request that the school district purchase post-consumer recycled content paper and/or other recycled content supplies
Specify that deliveries be in returnable containers
Establish a policy with vendors that school purchases have minimal packaging and/or vendors take back packaging
Purchase used equipment and furniture
Purchase arts supplies from second hand stores*
Purchase bulk items or refillable products
Purchase reusable or compostable items related to food consumption events
Purchase reusable lunch trays or containers

Purchasing activity of choice

Describe:
  Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

COMPOSTING & LANDSCAPE WASTE REDUCTION
 Instructions
“Grasscycle” (mulch grass on to lawn)
Create a school garden
Use school-generated green waste for mulch
Compost school-generated green or food waste
Set up a worm box to compost food waste
Participate in a student composting workshop
Participate in a teacher composting workshop
Incorporate composting into a science curriculum
Use and compost biodegradable lunch trays or containers
Conduct a composting study to compare the breakdown of various materials

Composting activity of choice

Describe:
  Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Instructions
Publish at least one article in your school’s newspaper promoting recycling and waste reduction
Decorate recycling containers to distinguish from trash containers
Have older students serve as “ambassadors” to younger students to teach them about school recycling (worth two activities)
Have students participate in recycling games*
Post notice of recycling program on school website
Post recycling flyers or posters throughout school
Place recycling ad in school event programs
Include an article about recycling program/efforts in yearbook or other publication
Send e-mail to parents announcing the school recycling program
Promote Wastebusters and/or recycling at school sponsored events
Event(s):
Broadcast school-wide public service announcements on recycling

Independently produce school public service announcements or videos on recycling and show on school’s closed circuit TVs or individually in each classroom (worth two activities)

Promotional activity of choice

Describe:
 
     

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 School has complete the above indicated activities.
     
 

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