1. New Fairfield High School 9th Grade Class
The Up-To-Date Crate
New Fairfield High School 9th Grade Class

2. What is the Up-To-Date Crate?
School supply subscription box
Recycled school supplies

3. Basic Box Box Information 2 8.5”x11” notebooks 5 pencils 3 pens
5 pencil top erasers
2 highlighters

4. Problem Overview Reducing sizes of landfills:
499,915,000,000 pounds of trash in landfills (2010)
0.017% of all waste was recycled in 2010
1000 years for plastic to decay
Releases harmful toxins into soils

5. Conversation with an Expert
Professor Brian Baetz
Material recycling
Waste reduction
Municipal Solid Waste (garbage) Management Systems Planning

6. Goals Encourage the use of recycled supplies
Educate about recycling, landfills and waste reduction

7. Questions?