Why Recycle

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Why Recycle?

• A Few Tahoma Senior High School Statistics and
  Related Information

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Humans are ruining the earth!

• Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean there
  lies a man made island sometimes called
  Gilligan's Island but most often referred to as
  the Great Pacific Garbage Patch-- a mass of
  plastic waste that covers over 537,000 square
  miles, an area over twice the size of Texas.
  (Recyclebills.com)

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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What can I do?

• Recycle and conserve!

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Recycling saves resources!

• It saves earths resources
• It saves money
• It prevents waste
• It benefits everyone on earth
• It is easy to do, just look for blue
• Recycling containers
• Recycling cans

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This 25 yard container behind the kitchen is
dumped about twice a week at a cost of 123 per
dump plus 95 per tonnage in addition to a 62
monthly rental fee plus a 42.50 charge for
distance charge and then add taxes and hazardous
waste fees.
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This 25 yard container behind the auto shop is
dumped about once every two weeks at a cost of
123 per dump plus 95 per tonnage in addition to
a 62 monthly rental fee plus a 42.50 charge for
distance charge and then add taxes and hazardous
waste fees.
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• That added up to a cost of about
• last year!

35,000
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What creates so much garbage?

• Outside garbage cans

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What creates so much garbage?

• Classroom garbage

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What creates so much garbage?

• Restroom garbage

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What creates so much garbage?

• Lunchroom garbage

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1750 students 133 staff Hundreds of pounds of
garbage daily
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We take one to two of these totes full of garbage
out of the lunchroom daily.
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We take another three to four of these totes out
at night just from classrooms.
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And think of all the garbage can liners needed to
bag that garbage!
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2,908.70

• Thats approximately what we spent last year just
  on garbage liners.
• Obviously, if we reduce garbage, we reduce the
  use of liners which reduces cost and increases
  the resources of earth that can be used for other
  commodities.

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RECYCLE!

• That all adds up to a lot of garbage every day,
  week and month of the year. Recycling can cut
  this amount down tremendously!

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Recycling Containers
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• The recycling containers just shown are located
  behind the kitchen. There are six of them. They
  are four yard containers. They are dumped weekly.
  The monthly charge to empty them is about 1,000.
  

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• That 1,000 is much less than the average monthly
  garbage bill of about 2,917. If we could
  increase recycling and decrease garbage, we would
  save money every month.
• It would be a huge savings over the years to come
  not to mention lessening the load on our
  environment.

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How much do we spend?

• You may be wondering. How much money is spent on
  the paper products which ultimately end up in the
  garbage?

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This is a box of paper towels.
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It contains 12 rolls.
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Each box cost 53.25

• Last year we used approximately 155 boxes of
  paper towels. That totals
• If we could reduce this usage, we could save
  thousands of dollars and the environment. One way
  might be through the use of hand dryers. We are
  currently looking into this possibility.

8,252.75.
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Here is a box of toilet paper.
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It contains 12 rolls.
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Each box costs 30.31

• Last year we used approximately 200 boxes of
  toilet paper. That totals 6,062.
• Obviously we cant reduce toilet paper usage, but
  the numbers show how much money is spent yearly.
• Reducing in other areas will help offset the cost
  of this particular commodity we use daily. And
  PLEASE!...

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Dont Waste Paper!
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Conserve Water
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• Most the faucets in the building automatically
  shut off after about ten seconds. This saves
  water. If you use a faucet that doesnt
  automatically shut off, be sure to conserve as
  much water as you can. This will help reduce our
  monthly water bill which averages about
• per month.

1,500.00
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Conserve Power
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• Most lights in the building are on timers. This
  helps conserve power. However, if you leave a
  room and no one is there, shut the lights off
  instead of waiting for the timer. This will save
  energy.
• Some light fixtures have less bulbs to help
  conserve too.
• Shutting off computers and other appliances saves
  energy as well.
• This all helps to reduce the monthly energy usage
  bill which averages about
  per month.

24,000
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Other ways to conserve

• Use faucets that shut off automatically
• Use low-flow toilets
• Conscientiously use less paper towels when drying
  hands
• Recycle plastic bottles, glass, milk cartons,
  paper, cardboard and other permissible items.
• Shut off lights or use timers
• Use lower wattage bulbs in lights
• Use energy-saving fluorescent bulbs
• Turn thermostats down a few degrees
• Go paperless when possible
• Use electronic paper
• Think before you use

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Recycling benefits everyone.

• We all can have a share in creating a sustainable
  earth!
• Here at the high school we are doing all we can
  to conserve and save energy as well as creating
  an atmosphere promoting recycling.
• Do your part and others will follow.
• Recycle for life!

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Look for the Blue Cans
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Other References

• My blog has occasional information on recycling
  and conservation http//custodialworld.blogspot.co
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• Our monthly custodial e-newsletter has periodic
  articles on recycling And its paperless!
  http//swift.tahoma.wednet.edu/ths/rbergum/index.p
  hp?sectiondocuments
• King County Green Schools Information
  your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste
• RecycleBills.com
• Earth911.com

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Contact Me

• If you have suggestions or questions,
• e-mail me at
• rbergum_at_tahomasd.us