1. Please dispose your discards responsibly in the designated Zero Waste Zones all over campus.

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1 YOU ARE ENTERING A ZERO WASTE SCHOOL Where every student, teacher and staff member strives to be a responsible steward of the planet by practicing the principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. 1. Please dispose your discards responsibly in the designated Zero Waste Zones all over campus. 2. Do not put any food, liquids or hazardous substances in our blue recycling bins. 3. Please help us by diverting corrugated cardboard; white and mixed paper; aluminum, glass, plastic, and metal containers away from the landfill. 4. Your support and cooperation has allowed us to make the following difference to our planet.

2 PHASE 1 INCREASING THE RECYCLING RATE FOR PAPER, CARDBOARD, BOTTLES AND CANS.

3 STEP 1 : INCREASE CLASSROOM RECYCLING 15 pounds of GOOS Paper in the Recycling Stream Roll of unused paper in the recycling stream Have boxes for GOOS (Good On Other Side) Paper in all classrooms and offices That would save 3 reams of paper every day for the school

4 PHASE 1 - STEPS STEP 1 - Set up 1 Recycling Zone in every classroom. Each Classroom Recycling Zone to have: A trash bin - LANDFILL a blue bin for paper and non-crv recyclables, and, A tote bag for CRV Actual receptacles will vary based on existing school bins, incremental costs and school preferences

5 PHASE 1 STEP 2 - Set up 2 Recycling Zones on every floor; one on each end of the hallway. Each Recycling Zone to have: a blue recycling cart for paper and non-crv recyclables; a blue bin for bottles and cans

6 PHASE 1 STEP 3 - Designate Recycling Zones as needed- all over campus, including lunch areas. Each Recycling Zone to have: a blue bin for paper and mixed recyclables; a blue bin for bottles and cans; A trash bin for landfill items Actual receptacles will vary based on existing school bins, incremental costs and school preferences

7 PHASE 1 Teachers to add recycling to classroom chores and appoint a recycling manager. Recycling manager will empty the classroom recycling receptacles into the closest recycling zones on their floor Custodian will empty the recycling bins on the floors and outdoors on campus periodically into the recycling dumpster.

8 Phase 1 15 minute classroom presentations to educate students on what is and isn t recyclable; how the program works and what are recycling manners Mrs. McDonald s recycling team/ ASB students to keep track of how much paper, plastic and metal has been diverted and update the footprint chart for the school

9 FOOTPRINT CHART WE SEND 124 TONS OF MATERIALS TO THE LANDFILL EVERY YEAR. THAT'S LIKE SENDING 41 ELEPHANTS TO THE LANDFILL EACH YEAR RECYCLING ON OUR CAMPUS COULD HELP SAVE 778 TREES RUN COMPUTERS FOR ALL STUDENTS IN SCHOOL FOR 362 DAYS SAVE FUEL TO RUN 31 CARS FOR A YEAR SAVE WATER TO RUN WASHER LOADS

10 PHASE 2 LUNCH WASTE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION

11 PHASE 2 1. Donatable Food (Inika is working currently with Feeding America San Diego to launch a food rescue program for schools. We will work with kitchens to rescue pre-consumer food as well as post-consumer food High volume food service items such as black takeout containers, pizza boxes etc 3. Milk and juice cartons 4. Composting food scraps

12 PHASE 2 The mixed recycling effort in the lunch area will be expanded to include food service items. We will put up a poster Now Accepting on the mixed recycling bin and slowly add items on it. Acceptable materials will be added incrementally to ensure the stream remains clean and students don t feel overwhelmed. Example of the sign on next slide. Actual sign will have a lot of pictures and will be an ASB project.

13 PHASE 2 ITEM Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Impact* Black Clamshell YOU CAN RECYCLE THIS IF YOU CHOOSE Wipe the container with your paper napkin Toss the soiled napkin in the trash Toss the wiped clamshell here in the recycling bin Milk Carton Empty the leftover milk in trash... Pizza Boxes * for illustration purposes only. Actual figures will be calculated by Inika when we launch program Thanks for saving 1 lb of carbon emissions

14 STEP 2 : CAPTURE AND RECYCLE ALL CRV CRV was 23.6 pounds by weight and 82 gallons by $1.06 per pound of PET : 23.6lbs * $1.06 = $25.02 per day $25.02 * 180 school days = $4,500 per school year Setup CRV receptacles in lunch area Revaluate the contract with Urban Corp to strengthen collection and redemption

15 STEP 2 : CAPTURE AND RECYCLE ALL CRV

16 STEP 1 & 2 : INCREASED RECYCLING RATE FROM 15% TO 38%

17 STEP 3 : DONATE DON T DUMP 2- Rice bowls; 1 Corndog; 8 Rice& Chicken bowls; 7 fish burgers; 13 Mexican bowls; 5 Rolls; 2 Pretzels; 4 Mixed Veggie Bowls Pre-consumer Entrees Captured from the Kitchen

18 STEP 3 : DONATE DON T DUMP

19 STEP 3 : DONATE DON T DUMP Pre-consumer Salad Bar Items Captured from the Kitchen

20 STEP 3 : DONATE DON T DUMP Total Pre-consumer Donatable Food was 55lbs That is equal to 44 meals Setup food donation arrangement by calling Feeding America San Diego

21 STEP 4 : MIXED RECYCLING AT LUNCH

22 STEP 4 : MIXED RECYCLING AT LUNCH

23 STEP 4 : MIXED RECYCLING AT LUNCH

24 STEP 4 : MIXED RECYCLING AT LUNCH Lunchtime mixed recycling weighed only 21 lbs but took up 126 gallons (approximately 6 gray round bins) of space 80% of this was black clamshells, clear salad boxes, pizza boxes, empty milk cartons and brown paper bags All of it is recyclable and accepted by the school s hauler in the mixed recycling stream