MWMS Environmental News

Top 10 Ways To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

1. Recycle- It will Reduce the amount of biodegradable products in
landfills and remake old products into new ones!

2. Save Energy- When humans use energy, it produces a negative

externality in the form of greenhouse gas emissions, so if you decrease the amount of energy consumed, you will help reduce greenhouse gasses! cleaned to be used by society. This process requires a lot of energy and electricity which usually comes from burning fossil fuels or some other harmful way. So by saving water, you conserve pure water and fossil fuels!

3. Save Water- When water is wasted it has to be recycled and

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4. Turn Off Computer- When you leave your computer on, you are
wasting energy. By wasting energy, you are emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Turning your computer off helps decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere! greenhouse effect. Trees trap CO2 from the atmosphere and make carbohydrates that are used for plant growth. They give us oxygen in return. Saving trees helps give us more oxygen to breathe with so, plant some!
more trees due to more paper needs. By cutting down trees, the amount of oxygen that goes into the atmosphere from trees decreases. So, if you save paper, hopefully the amount of oxygen that will go into the atmosphere will increase!

5. Plant A Tree- CO2 is one of the major contributing elements to the

6. Dont Waste Paper- Wasting paper forces workers to cut down

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7. Walk or Bike- When you drive in a car, there are gases that you put in
the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases add to the amount of gases already in the atmosphere. If you walk or bike to places, you can help decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere! be less of them in landfills. This will help decrease the amount of indecomposable items in landfills. Instead, use tap water or a Brita filter!

8. Skip Bottled Water- If you stop using plastic water bottles, there will

9. Buying In Bulk- Buying in bulk is a greener alternative because the

amount of materials required to package the goods is less, which, in turn, decreases the amount of waste. Start buying in bulk and save the environment!

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10. Eat Local Foods- By eating foods grown nearby, you are
decreasing the amount vehicles have to travel to get that food on your plate. By decreasing the distance they have to travel, less emissions are put into the air. Start eating local produce!

The Best Way To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions- 1. Recycle!

I say, the most important way to go green is to make sure you are recycling everything! By recycling, you are saving plastics and other products that take a long time to biodegrade from going into landfills. This minimizes the amount of trash that goes into the landfills. If people recycle, the Earth will use up less of its space for landfills and leave the Earth as nice as is should be. Please help save the Earth from massive amounts of garbage covering its surface by making sure to recycle!

Companies Going Green

Hershey Chocolate
At The Hershey Company, they are committed to making and delivering our products in ways that are both environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. They believe that its our duty to take an active role in the business of building a better world. Hersheys environmental efforts are local and global in scope and impact. Employees are minimizing their environmental impact while meeting functional requirements through product design, sustainable sourcing, and efficient business operations. The primary challenge of the Hershey company is to develop innovative ways to reduce our environmental impact while ensuring the quality and value our customers and consumers expect from The Hershey Company.
For Hersheys Environment Targets and updates on their progress, visit their CSR Reporting page.

Companies Going Green

General Mills
Energy from oat hulls- General Mills has brought online new equipment
that burns oat hulls left over from our milling process. This provides 90 percent of the steam to operate their Fridley, Minn., facility that makes oat flour for Cheerios and other products.

Energy from the sun- General Mills first U.S. facility to produce its own

electricity via solar panels came online at their facility in Methuen, Massachusetts. A second bank of solar panels was installed at the General Mills headquarters in Minneapolis. buildings opened a General Mills distribution facility in Georgia plus an existing office building in Minneapolis that was upgraded to meet LEED specifications. European locations are now ISO 14001 certified which is a globally recognized environmental management system.

Environmentally friendly buildings- General Mills first LEED-certified

Environmental management certification- All of General Mills

Environmentally Friendly Advertisement

Eco Friendly Umbrella

This umbrella is very environmentally friendly. The base of the umbrella that you put in is interchangeable! You can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface. So whatever newspapers, plastic bags, etc. that you use can be put into this umbrella!

Article Summaries
Ozone Hits A New Low
By: Science News For Kids
In the arctic region, the ozone layer has thinned creating a hole. Scientists have been researching the ozone layer to see why the ozone disappeared and how it did. Then, scientists came up with a recipe of how it could of left: the mixture of sunlight, a long period of cold temperatures, swirling winds that surround a patch of the stratosphere and keep fresh ozone out. Then add special clouds that help other molecules gobble up ozone. Scientists are extremely concerned if this hole increases because it would let in harmful UV rays that would hurt animals and people.

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Spring Cleaning On Mt. Everest
By: Kelly Plasket
On Mt. Everest, climbers have been leaving their trash on the mountain as they are hiking. Hikers have left things such as; ropes, tents and oxygen tanks. A team of mountain climbers are now beginning an effort to clean up trash left behind on Everest left by other climbers. For every 2.2lbs of trash they collect on the mountain, they will receive $1.40 (If they collect 11,000 pieces of trash, the get $5,000!). One of these leaders is Apa, a veteran that has climbed Mt. Everest 20 times since 1989. Apa says, I want to do this for my country, my people and for Everest. This trash has a terrible impact on the environment.

Environmental Websites
Recycle City
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
This website has a lot of color and fun pictures that would make the website appeal to younger kids. While teaching kids how to recycle, kids get to play wonderful games to get to learn all about recycling. By having an interactive learning environment, kids will be able to learn more and more through the pictures shown on how to go green.

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Kids Saving Energy
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/
This website appeals to kids by having characters they love on the website (tinkerbell) tell them how to save energy. The bright colors would also draw kids attention and have them click on the category and learn. The neatly organized categories that you can click on to learn will make it easy for kids to get to a place where they can learn about saving energy.

Bibliography
Hershey Chocolate http://www.hershey.com General Mills http://www.generalmills.com Eco Friendly Umbrella http://www.inewidea.com/2008/07/04/6309.html Ozone Hits a New Low http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/10/ozone-hits-a-new-low/ Spring Cleaning on Mt. Everest http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/now/2011/04/climbers_do_s pring-cleaning_on_mount_everest.html Recycle City http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/ Kids Saving Energy http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/