Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Waste Audit


The students gathered trash from different classrooms and wanted to see what kinds of materials they would find in the trash that weren't supposed to be there.





Then the students weighted the trash they gathered from the class rooms.












Next the students dumped the trash on to a plastic to sort the trash.






After dumping the trash, the students sorted the garbage into different piles; plastics, bottles, food, paper, etc.









Monday, May 5, 2008

Litter Survey

My classmates and I wanted to see how littered our school would be before and after lunch. we took a picture of certain areas before lunch, then after lunch.

Before lunch the campus was very clean, almost immaculate, you couldn't find a lot of litter.









Then after lunch you couldn't tell that you were looking at the same area as before. there was litter everywhere. It seems that the students don't care about what they are doing to their campus or how it looks. Students would rather leave their food wrappers, lunch bowls, or fruit peelings on the ground, than just walk a few feet to a garbage can.

Recycleing At Home


I recycle at home to help reduce litter and so that companies can reuse materials I don't Need anymore, like plastic, glass cans, and cardboard.

Even if you don't recycle at home, you should start. It may not seem that you are not making a big difference, but least you're not adding to problem. The more people you get to recycle the more healthier our planet will be.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Welcome

Welcome to my blog where I will be discussing about the 4R's. In case you don't know know what the 4R's are, they stand for; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,& Rot. I will also talk about SLWRP (pronounced like slurp) which stands for Service-Learning Waste Reduction Project. It is a program that helps raise awareness of alternative ways to recycle things that you may not need anymore.