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1 Recycling at HHS. 2 PAPER ALUMINUM PLASTIC 3 4 CAFE & ATRIUM RECYCLING CENTERS Glass bottles may also be recycled in plastic bins in classrooms.

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1 1 Recycling at HHS

2 2 PAPER ALUMINUM PLASTIC

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4 4 CAFE & ATRIUM RECYCLING CENTERS Glass bottles may also be recycled in plastic bins in classrooms.

5 5 REDEEMABLES Look for signs and containers next to cafe and atrium recycling centers for redeemable items. Look for VT on top of cans and side of bottles. Especially glass!

6 6 Why Recycle? Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a tv for 2 hours. Recycling 1 ton of aluminum saves 37 barrels of oil. It takes a glass bottle about 1 million years to break down in a landfill. Manufacturing recycled paper produces 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution than producing paper from new materials, and also saves energy. Producing plastic from recycled materials requires only 2/3 of the energy required to make plastic from new materials. http://www.headwatersrecycle.com/why.html

7 7 2008 Trash on the Lawn Day In one day last year, our school generated 318 lbs of waste. 69% of this waste was recyclable, and only 42% was actually recycled.

8 Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. National Geographic News September 2, 2003

9 Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one. - Christian Science Monitor News Paper

10 “There's harsh economics behind bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic bags, which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32” - Jared Blumenfeld (Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)

11 Then… Where Do They Go?

12 A study in 1975, showed oceangoing vessels together dumped 8 million pounds of plastic annually. The real reason that the world's landfills weren't overflowing with plastic was because most of it ended up in an ocean-fill - U.S. National Academy of Sciences

13 Bags get blown around…

14 …and to our seas, lakes and rivers.

15 Plastic bags photodegrade: Over time they break down into smaller, more toxic petro-polymers - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007

16 which eventually contaminate soils and waterways - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007

17 Birds become terminally entangled - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005

18 The effect on wildlife can be catastrophic - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005

19 Nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals and turtles die due to plastic bags - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005

20 They die after ingesting plastic bags which they mistake for food - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005

21 So… What do we do?

22 If you use a cloth bag, you can save 6 bags a week

23 That's 22,176 bags in an average life time

24 Bangladesh has banned plastic bags - MSNBC.com March 8, 2007

25 China has banned free plastic bags - CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008

26 Oakland and Boston are considering a ban - The Boston Globe May 20, 2007

27 Reducing plastic bags will decrease foreign oil dependency

28 It is possible...


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