Amanda

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Going Green Saving the Environment While Saving
Money

• Amanda
• Leah
• Dominique
• Rachel
• Caitlin
• Lauren
• Chelsea
• Kyle

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Hand Dryers

• Benefits
• Cut Labor Costs
• Reduce Amount of Paper Towels Purchased
• Reduce Amount of Waste

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Saving Electricity

• Each year we use almost 2,000,000 KWH which is
  nearly 200,000 dollars in electricity bills
• By doing a few simple things, we can save over
  30,000 a year.

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Wind Power/Energy
Benefits

• Clean energy and environmentally friendly
• With our electricity reductions and the windmill,
  we would only be paying for about 750,000 KWH of
  electricity.
• Energy generated during summer can be stored up
  for upcoming school year
• Turbines are efficient and reliable
• They are safe and require little maintenance
  after installation

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Recycling
In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of
water each but only recycled an average of 23
percent. That leaves 38 billion water bottles in
landfills. Plastic bottles can take up to 1000
years before they begin to decompose once
buried. http//earth911.com/plastic/plastic-bottle
-recycling-facts/
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• Recycling
• If we assume that each student uses two plastic
  bottles a week, we would waste over 86,000
  bottles in one school year
• Recycling bins in classrooms will be cost free

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Composting

• What is compost?
• Compost is organic material that can be used as a
  soil modification or as a medium to grow plants.
• How is compost made?
• By combining organic waste (Yard trimmings,Food
  wastes, Manure) into piles adding bulking agents
  (wood chips) as necessary to accelerate the
  breakdown of organic materials and allowing the
  finished material to stabilize and mature through
  a curing process

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Compost can

• Suppress plant diseases and pests.
• Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical
  fertilizers.
• Promote higher yields of agricultural crops

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Student Emails

• 4 cases of paper for progress reports, report
  cards, and special announcements for each student
  every year
• 4 cases of paper costs the school about 120
• We can certainly cut down on the amount of paper
  we use.
• Sapphire Parent Portal
• Students can get e-mails

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Conclusion

• Most of these ideas do not take much effort and
  could end up saving the district thousands of
  dollars.
• Our ideas are also great ways to save the
  environment which is something to be focused on
  in the upcoming years.