O’Connell+et+al

O’ Connell, et al

Christine, O'Connell, and Swanson R. Lawrence. "Reading, Writing, Recycling." New York Times 24 Sept. 2006: 15. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 13 Sept. 2010 Facts:


 * 1)  “Since up to 80 percent of the waste stream in most schools is recyclable”
 * 2)  “On average, Americans produce about 4.5 pounds of garbage every day”
 * 3)  “Recycling reduces waste and helps conserve natural resources and energy.”
 * 4)  “Extensive recycling programs can reduce a school's waste management budget by as much as 68 percent”
 * 5)  “Long Island school districts do not cooperate, citing excuses like costs and difficulties in negotiating union contracts with custodians and finding haulers”
 * 6)  “For example, teachers can encourage students to use both sides of a piece of paper and keep a scrap paper bin in the classroom for students to use for rough drafts”
 * 7)  “Although recycling programs often involve start-up costs, including buying bins for each classroom, negotiating contracts with recycling companies and training employees, the long-term savings for schools may be considerable”
 * 8)  “In addition, school administrators could reduce paper waste through the expanded use of e-mail”
 * 9)  “Resource management is a key to society's well-being”
 * 10)  “Teachers need not only to educate students about the importance of resource management and recycling, but also to put these practices to work in the classroom”
 * 11)  “Town of Brookhaven, the cost for removal and disposal of school trash can be about seven times higher than that of hauling away and dropping off recyclables’
 * 12)  “Paper could be recycled in the classroom, plastics and cans in the lunchroom, and toner and inkjet cartridges in the library and computer labs”
 * 13)  “The subject of recycling should be an integral part of every school's environmental and earth sciences curriculum.”
 * 14)  “Parents should insist that recycling be an agenda item at the next school board and P.T.A. meetings”
 * 15)  “Given that schools produce a huge amount of paper waste, as well as large quantities of tin, aluminum and plastic trash, it is irresponsible for school districts not to recycle and promote sustainable values.”