Last updated by charlotteda on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 20:59.
We are students at Sammamish High School. We were recently inspired by recycling week at our school to start thinking of alternative ways to promote recycling. We are involved in Environmental Warriors, and every Monday we collect bottles, cans and paper from the recycling bins around school and ensure that they go into the proper recycling disposal. However, I have designed a more efficient way to recycle and inspire the community at the same time by creating a new recycling bin.
Last updated by askantik on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 16:01.
My project is an on-going one that uses the far-reaching power of the Internet to connect with people and get them motivated, much like dosomething.org does. I concentrate on all types of environmental and energy issues, including providing information, photographs, and also opening up topics for discussion, all while keeping a positive outlook.
EcoAware is primarily focused on MySpace (it is much easier... and cheaper... to reach people this way).
Last updated by YOUTHCAN on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 19:04.
The Boston Latin School Youth CAN (Youth Climate Action Network) was founded on January 23rd, 2007 as an extra-curricular global warming club at BLS. It was formed in response to increasing awareness about the problem of global warming. At our first meeting, over 90 students showed up, and formed seven specific committees to take action. Less than a year later, our membership has swelled to over 300 students, and 16 separate committees!
Our accomplishments last year were equally remarkable.
Last updated by adrimack1992 on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 16:38.
I wish to make recycling more convienient for the people of Nineveh, which is where I make my residence. The only available recycle bin comes to the Town Hall near my home every other Saturday, but not many people take advantage. It really makes it inconvienient for people to recycle that way. Also, I wish to go to some people's houses around my area and give them the idea, and in the time being, ask them to keep their paper products in a bag so I can take it every other Saturday to the recycling bin/ I want to make people's outlook on our enviroment better.
Last updated by superman_080 on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 20:50.
Bottles for kids is basically collecting and recycling water bottles and using the funds to sponsor either a child or a family for thanksgiving or christmas.
Last updated by joeman08 on Sat, 10/20/2007 - 15:50.
Everyone has them. And everyone has thrown them away. One little AA battery might not seem like a big deal, but when you consider just how many batteries get dumped into landfills each year, it shocks you. You stand in the middle of your kitchen holding the dead cell about as far away from you as you can (once you learn just which nasty chemicals it contains, that is) and think to yourself “well now what?”
That’s my cue.
I’m the battery guy. That’s what they call me when I go to the grade school to pick up the large green file tubs that are usually overflowing with batteries.
Last updated by bostonianredsox on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 18:39.
Leon County (county that the state capital, Tallahassee is in)in the state of Florida cut funding for school recycling around ten years ago, calling it a "lost cause". In the summer of 2006, I assembled a team to paint aluminum cans that would be used for recycling at my high school (Lincoln). Those were rejected by the principal because they were "unregulated". Because of that, our group raised around $1,000 for bins to put around the outside of the school. Unfortunately enough, that group disbanded and I was left to pick trash out of the 12 bins on a weekly basis.
Last updated by joewillyneckbone on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 12:39.
Landfills are filling way too fast. Individual people can help control this problem by giving away items that are still usable, instead of sending them to the landfill.
I here by propose a Recycling "Co- Op" that would earn a modest income for it's members. Members would donate usable items and the "Co- Op" would then sell these items for a profit. Then distribute those profits in shares to "Co- Op" members.
Greensboro Recycling Co- Op
Are you concerned about helping our environment? Would
you help reduce the amounts of trash being dumped into our
local landfill? Please
Last updated by markdubin on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 11:54.
I live in Juno Beach, Florida and I have noticed that there is a large amount of condominiums that do not recycle. This is largely due to the following issues:
1. Most of the condominiums have a very large percentage of part-time residents. The large haulers will only pick-up if there is a year round contract and they bill the entire building, not by volume or occupancy. So the majority of the condo-owners turn down the proposal to recycle. Why should they pay for a service when they are not using it for 6 months of the year?
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Last updated by dewett88 on Sat, 07/28/2007 - 18:35.
When I was a sophomore, I decided to start a recycling effort at my high school school. There hadn't been any regular recycling since the 1980's so we were throwing away thousands of plastic bottles, 500 pounds of newspaper, and even more white paper every week. I got together a few of my friends and for the next two years, we recycled newspapers weekly. Unfortunately, our county landfill would not accept white paper and collecting plastic bottles was unwieldy for my small group of friends.
