Entries for the ‘Recycling’ Category

Lunch Time Recycling at Clay Middle School

Last  Sunday, Nov. 15, was America Recycles Day. To celebrate America Recycles Week at Clay Middle School, Linda Hynes and I, the PTO Green Team, started Lunch Time Recycling at the cafeteria on Wednesday and Thursday, 10:20 am – 1:30 pm.
On Wednesday, we started out with 250 pencils to give away for every student who [...]

Carmel Clay Schools Recycle Over 2 Million Pounds of Paper

Water bottle recycling at Clay Middle School

Last week, Jaymee’s school, Clay Middle School, held their first Clay Challenge – PTO fund-raising event. Students would run/jog/walk for 30 minutes around the track to raise money and awareness about the benefits of exercise and healthy living. There were 1200+ students participated.
The PTO provided event t-shirts and water bottles for all students. Being a [...]

Recycling on Airplanes?

Just got back from another one of my business trip.
This time, at least Charlotte Airport has blue recycle bins for newspapers.
I’m wondering how many plastic cups and aluminum cans were used and put into trash from just the flight I was on. It was a full 737 flight. Looked like everyone but me used a [...]

Carbon Offset for Business Trips?

Recently, I went on a business trip, one and a half a day trip to Long Island, NY.
During my trip, there were so many things I experienced that made me want to screen!!
It’s always amazing to see how many people travel for business every day at the airport. Laptops, iPod, cellphone… pretty much every person [...]