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Strengthening Litter Laws

“Strengthening Littering Laws.” __2007 Report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee__. Web. 19 Sept 2010.  Facts:
 * 1) “Paper based items are the top three most recycled items by school systems.”
 * 2) “Slightly more than three-fourths (77.4%) of LEAs recycle cardboard, making it the most recycled item.”
 * 3) “Paper and newspaper are second and third on the list, with 76.5% and 73.9% of school systems recycling these items”
 * 4) “Only five school systems (Anson, Bladen, Haywood, Moore, and Sampson) have no organized recycling program intact”
 * 5) “115 school systems the response was overwhelmingly positive, with almost all (95.7%) of LEAs having a program in all or at least one of the schools in their system’
 * 6) “This resulted in a percent increase of 1.8% from 2006/2007”
 * 7) “Additionally, the vast majority of individual schools in the North Carolina School System (88.6% or 2,086 schools)3 report they recycle at least one item”
 * 8) “040 Anson County Schools - We used to have one, but it was too much work for the amount of money that we got in return for it”
 * 9) “860 Surry County Schools - cell phones, magazines, telephone directories, textbooks, workbooks”
 * 10) “The largest increase was in ink/toner cartridges, which almost doubled from 36.5% in 2006 to 72.2% in 2007”
 * 11) “The least recycled items reported are plastic cafeteria utensils (7.8%),”
 * 12) “Senate Bill 1014, which directs the State Board of Education to report on the recycling efforts on a yearly basis”
 * 13) “610 Mitchell County Schools - At this time our central office administration and board of education is updating our system wide policy manual. Providing a policy concerning recycling is a high priority for development. Currently our system allows recycling to be an individual school’s decision.”
 * 14) 840 Stanly County Schools - The schools participate on an individual basis in recycling efforts.
 * 15) “440 Haywood County Schools - Our maintenance director is presently working with the county to develop a recycling program”
 * 16) “090 Bladen County Schools - Do not have enough participation and interest”
 * 17) “790 Rockingham County Schools - We do not have a system-wide recycle program due to the expanse of our County.”