School recycling (Page 6)

The challenges Jacksonville faces range from aggravating trains to dying children – and many in between, according to city council members who met Thursday to set strategic priorities for the next year, three years and five years. Naturally, the controversial issue of Confederate monuments was on the list. The faultyRead More →

Today may be officially America Recycles Day, but every day is recycling day at Townsell Elementary School. A recent recognition of the town of Irving is proof of this. Each year, the Irving ISD School that recycles the most paper is recognized by the Town of Irving and Keep IrvingRead More →

THE flash floods in Johor Baru last month should remind us of the importance of proper solid waste disposal. “The flooding is the result of our own actions and it will only get worse if we continue to ignore the environment,” said Hafizul Syarafi Mohd Noor, coordinator of SK TamanRead More →

Anne Roberts Young has her own school recycling program, thanks to two environmentally conscious grade 5 students. Two grade 5 students from Anne Roberts Young Elementary School led a new recycling program at the school. Beau Almeida and Evan Nabseth proposed the initiative on their own, consulting with Recycle ItRead More →

School supplies made from oral hygiene products Trenton-based company TerraCycle has launched a school recycling challenge with Colgate and ShopRite. Participating schools in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and four other states can compete for prizes that include new desks, chairs, backpacks, pencil cases and pens, all made from oral hygiene wasteRead More →

DuBOIS – Over the past year and a half, students at DuBois Area Middle School have explored and learned about vermicomposting – the process by which worms eat leftover food. Vermicomposting takes organic waste and turns it into a rich organic soil amendment, said teacher Cory Sholes, who is alsoRead More →

Large-scale commercial demolition projects and building teardowns often lend themselves to straightforward recycling opportunities for contractors. Bulky materials, such as concrete and wood, and high-value materials, such as metal, are systematically handpicked at sites and subsequently recycled. But what happens when a demolition contractor generates materials that are not easilyRead More →

Toronto, Aug 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – When school is in session, if your student is not already overwhelmed with sports, clubs and music programs, then start or help with a school refresher program would be a great curricular, educational extra-activity. Recycling teaches children important lessons about the environmental impactRead More →

I regularly like to get closer to recycling players. I have learned that people do not hesitate to share their opinions on waste management and recycling. While views may differ from region to region, there always seems to be a constant. Invariably, without prompting or solicitation, people believe that theRead More →