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II. RATIONAL/BACKGROUND
School recycling project provides its stakeholders with hands-on
experience that helps them grow to see that efforts to cut the wasteful use of
resources does make a difference. A variety of proactive activities can be used to
teach everyone to take responsibility for keeping the Earth cleaner and to learn
how to help the environment for a better future. According to the U.S. EPA,
recycling: conserves natural resources to help sustain the environment; reduces
the need for landfilling and incineration; saves energy and prevents pollution
caused by the extraction and processing of virgin materials therefore Recycling
is necessary to reduce waste in homes, schools and work places.
School Recyclables
Among items recycled school items, paper is the most significant cost-saving
waste reduction. Just think of how much paper a school uses. As a result, paper
makes up 50 to 60 percent of school waste. The advantage to paper is that it can
be either reused or recycled. When paper is used on both sides and fully as
scratch paper or for making copies, school paper costs drop dramatically.
The following classified materials popularly recycled:
Scrap Paper: used bond paper, used computer paper, old notebooks, old books,
old newspapers, periodicals, other newsprints, cartons and cardboards, colored
(assorted) waste paper etc.
Glass Bottles: beer, softdrinks, catchup, glass cullets (bubog) etc.
Plastics: PET mineral water bottles, softdrinks, plastic cups, basins,
containers, hard plastic, CD cases etc.
Metals: tin and aluminum cans, metal frames, stainless etc.
Used Oil: used engine oil, used cooking oil
Others: tetrapacks.
V. OPERATION/IMPLEMENTATION
Planning
do a survey of how many people are involved (students and employees);
check the amount of garbage generated daily and determine a place to
store recyclables until they are collected;
determine where the recyclable material will be sent: if it will be donated
to a cooperative of scavengers, whether it is sold, who will collect and
how often. Do not start a selective collection program without knowing
where to send the material;
do only selective collection of material that can be sent to recycling;
develop a communication program of selective collection and community
mobilization, that everyone knows how and why to participate.
follow up the collection of recyclables, its storing, and its donation;
make a periodic review of the school recycling program and disseminate the
results to the community;
always continue the mobilization program.
Implementation
find the necessary equipment;
train the people involved with the school recycling (cleaning personnel,
employees, students, for example);
start the communication and mobilization campaign;
inaugurate the school recycling program with an event (video
presentation, lecture).
Hands-on recycling activities